Osokin, Mikhail Alekseyevich
(*1903)
Osokin [Assókeen], Mikhail Alekseyevich (9–4/17–1903, Krapivna [now Tula distr.]). Comp. and cond. Grad. 1928 from the A. N. Skryabin Mus. Sch. in M., where his teachers incl. A. V. Aleksandrov , Katuar (Catoire), and Vasilenko. Also grad. 1941 from the Central Correspondence Pedagogical Institute, studying comp. with A. N. Aleksandrov and cond. with L. Shteinberg . Held perf., cond., and teaching positions, incl. at the Gnesin Institute (1949–60). In his comp. often incorporates folk materials…