Pashchenko, Andrey Filippovich
(1885–1972)
Pashchenko [Páshchunkuh], Andrey Filippovich (8–3/15–1885[1883], Rostov-on-Don; 11–16–1972, M.). Ukrainian comp. Grad. 1917 from the P. Cons., where he studied comp. with M. Shteinberg and Vītols. Along with N. Findeizen and Glazunov, establ. the Soc. for the Promotion of Contemporary Russian Music (1923). Comp. in the romantic style, infl. by Wagner and A. N. Skryabin and later by Borodin and Musorgsky. Was one of the first composers to feature revolutionary and Soviet topics in their music…