Mshvelidze, Shalva Mikhailovich
(1904–1984)
Mshvelidze [Mshviléedzi], Shalva Mikhailovich (5–15/28–1904, Tbilisi; 1984). Comp., pedagogue, and ethnomusicologist. Grad. 1930 from the Tbilisi Cons., where he was a pupil of Bagrinovsky and Barkhudaryan; also did postgrad. work with V. Shcherbachyov at the L. Cons. (1933). Joined the faculty of the Tbilisi Cons. in 1929, teaching Bakradze, Chimakadze, Milorava, and Tsintsadze, among others. Was a founder of epic Georgian symphonic music. His comp. are often large in scale, colorful, and…