Rozovsky, Solomon
(1878–1962)
Rozovsky [Rassóffsky] (Rosovsky, Rosowsky), Solomon (3–27–1878, Riga; 7–30–1962, NY). Scholar and comp. Studied law at Kiev Univ. and comp. with Glazunov, A. K. Lyadov , and N. Rimsky-Korsakov at the P. Cons. and cond. with Nikisch at the Leipzig Cons. Co-founded the Soc. for Jewish Folk Music (P., 1908) and establ. the Jewish Cons. of Music in Riga (1920). Later settled in Palestine (1925) and the United States (1947), where he taught at the New School for Social Research and the Jewish…