Krein, Aleksandr Abramovich
(1883–1951)
Krein [Krayn] (Kreyn), Aleksandr Abramovich (10–8/20–1883, Nizhniy Novgorod [now Gorky]; 4–21–1951, Staraya Ruza, near M.). Krein came from a musical family: his father was a violinist; an elder brother, G. Krein, was a composer, and another elder brother, David Krein, was concertmaster of the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra in M. His nephew Yu. Krein (son of Grigory) was also a composer. The father, Abram Krein, moved to Novgorod from his native Lithuania in 1870. Aleksandr attended the M. Cons. in…