Bucky Covington - Ill Walk (Verse)

GAUK Alexander Vasilievich [3 (15) VIII 1893, Odessa - 30 III 1963, Washington] - Soviet conductor, teacher and composer. Nar art.RSFSR (1954). In 1917 he graduated from Petrograd. conservatory, in which he studied in the class of fp. E. P. Daugovet, compositions by V. P. Calafati, J. Vitola, conducting N. N. Cherepnin. Then he became the conductor of Petrograd. Muses Theater dramas. In 1920-31 conductor Leningra. Theater of Opera and Ballet, where in the main. conducted the ballets (The Four Seasons by Glazunov, Pulcinella by Stravinsky, Red Poppy by Glier and others). He acted like a symph. conductor. In 1930-33 Ch. Conductor Leningrad. Philharmonic, in 1936-41 - State. symph USSR Orchestra, in 1933-36 conductor, in 1953-62 ch. conductor and artist Head of the Great Symph. Orchestra of the All-Union Radio. In G.'s diverse repertoire, monumental productions occupied a special place. Under his management, a number of productions were performed for the first time. D. D. Shostakovich, N. Ya. Myaskovsky, A. I. Khachaturian, Yu. A. Shaporin and other Soviet composers. Teacher. G.'s activityplayed an important role in the development of owls. conducting art. In 1927-33 and 1946-48 he taught at the Leningrad, in 1941-43 - the Tbilisi Conservatoire, in 1939-63 - Washington. conservatory, since 1948 professor.