Bogatyryov, Anatoly Vasil'yevtch

Bogatyryov [Buhguhtiryóff] (Bogatyrev), Anatoly Vasil'yevtch (7–31/8–13–1913, Vitebsk). Comp. and pedagogue. Studied with Aladov at the Minsk Music Technical School (1931–32), then with V. A. Zolotaryov at the Minsk Cons. (1932–37). Became the director of the latter in 1948 and also taught there. Among his students were Ye. Glebov , Kortes, Luchenok, Semenyako, Tyrmand, and Vagner. Was strongly infl. by Belorussian folk music, on which he was an authority. Comp. some of the earliest Belorussian…