Gudkov, Viktor Panteleimonovich
(1899–1941)
Gudkov [Gutkóff], Viktor Panteleimonovich (9–4/16–1899, Voronezh; 1–17–1941, Frunze). Poet, folklorist, and comp. Improved the Karelian folk inst. kantele and constructed it in different sizes. Also wrote the libretto for Pergament's The Three Brothers (1948). Works: ch. mus.; songs; pieces for kantele orch. Bibliography: Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAscendingDescending Yu. Keldysh, ed.: Muzykal'naya entsiklopediya [Soviet Encyclopedia of Music] (Moscow, 1973) G. Bernandt and A. Dol'zhansky, eds…