Koval', Marian Viktorovich

Koval' [Kavál] (Kovalyov), Marian Viktorovich (8–4/17–1907, Pristan Vozneseniya, near P.; 2–15–1971, M.). Studied with Gnesin at the M. Cons. (1925–30) and privately with Myaskovsky. Was an organizer (1925–28) of the Manufacturing Collective of Students-Composers (PROKOLL; see Bely) and a member (1929–31) of the Russian Assoc. of Proletarian Musicians (RAPM); also held administrative positions, such as editorship of Sovetskaya Muzyka (1948–52). In the latter (2–4/1948), he attacked…