Mushel', Georgy Aleksandrovich

Mushel' [Mushél], Georgy Aleksandrovich (7–16/29–1909, Tambov). Pianist and comp. Grad. 1930 from the Tambov Cons. and 1936 from the M. Cons., where he studied comp. with A. N. Aleksandrov, Gnesin, and Myaskovsky and pf with Oborin. Joined the faculty of the Tashkent Cons. in 1944. Among his students was Sabzanov. His music is fresh and orig., and often incorporates Uzbek folk material, as in his Farkhad and Shirin, the first Uzbek opera. Also wrote the first Uzbek sym. Works: Sort…