Igor Vladimirovich Sposobin
Russian musicologist, 1900-1954
About Igor Vladimirovich Sposobin
Lived 1900 – 1954 (aged 54). Igor Vladimirovich Sposobin was a Russian musicologist, music theorist and music educator.
Igor Vladimirovich Sposobin (; 3 May 1900 – 31 August 1954) was a Soviet musicologist and musical educator.
Biography Sposobin was born in Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where he was a student of Georgi Conus, Reinhold Glière, and Sergei Vasilenko.
Since 1924 teacher of music theory at the Moscow Conservatory (since 1939 Professor in 1943-48 - Head of the Department of Music Theory). Among his students included Boris Tchaikovsky, German Galynin, Viktor Frayonov, Yuri Kholopov, and Yury Saulsky.
Author of textbooks on harmony, analysis forms, elementary music theory, ear training manuals on.
The school taught music theory subjects in the 1930s-1940s. During World War II, he headed the theoretical department.
He died in Moscow at the age of 54, and was buried in the Vvedenskoye Cemetery.
Awards
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (28 December 1946)
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Russian musicologist, 1900-1954
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Igor Vladimirovich Sposobin was born on 20 April 1900 in Moscow.
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Igor Vladimirovich Sposobin died on 31 August 1954 in Moscow.
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Igor Vladimirovich Sposobin was a musicologist, music theorist and music educator.
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Igor Vladimirovich Sposobin was Russian.
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