Platon Gregoriewitch Brounoff
Platon Brounoff | |
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 Portrait of Platon Brounoff | |
| Born | May 10, 1863 Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 11, 1924 New York, US |
| Parent(s) | Gregory and Pauline[1] |
Platon Gregoriewitch[2] Brounoff (born 10 May 1863,[3] Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire;[4] d. 11 July 1924, New York, United States[5]) was a conductor, arranger and composer of Yiddish music.[6] He graduated at the St. Petersburg Imperial Conservatory,[7] where he studied under Anton Rubinstein.[1]
In July 1891, he immigrated to the United States, first residing in La Porte, Indiana, and then in New Haven, Connecticut (where he gave his first American concert), before settling in New York.[1]
Selected works
[edit]- 1897: In The Flower Garden[8]
- 1899: In the Russian Village[9]
- 1911: 50 Jewish Folk Songs For Middle Voice And Piano Accompaniment Collected, Harmonized And Arranged By Platon Brounoff[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Marquis Who's who in America, 1901 edition, via archive.org
- ^ a b Jewish folk songs : 50 songs for middle voice and piano accompaniment at OCLC WordCat
- ^ American Jewish Year Book, 1905, pp. 70-71
- ^ Platon Brounoff at Yiddish Leksikon
- ^ Platon Gregoriewitch Brounoff at Catalanian Wikipedia
- ^ Biography of Platon Brounoff at the Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- ^ Cover of book "50 Jewish Folk Songs For Middle Voice And Piano Accompaniment Collected, Harmonized And Arranged By Platon Brounoff"
- ^ In The Flower Garden at IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project)
- ^ In the Russian Village at OCLC WordCat
External links
[edit]- 50 Jewish Folk Songs For Middle Voice And Piano Accompaniment Collected, Harmonized And Arranged By Platon Brounoff at the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) - click on "Archivobjekt öffnen" for free download
