Knipper, Lev Konstantinovich
(1898–1974)
Knipper [Knéeppir], Lev Konstantinovich (11–21/12–3–1898, Tbilisi; 7–30–1974, M.). Studied pf with Gnesina and comp. with Glier, Rogal'-Levitsky, and Zhilyayev. Also received private lessons from Jarnach in Berlin and J. Weismann in Freiburg. During the 1920s was a member of the Association of Contemporary Music (ASM) and was greatly infl. by Western avant-garde styles. Knipper was attacked by the authorities as a proponent of modernism (esp. in his opera North Wind), as well as by prominent…