Shaporin, Yury Aleksandrovich
(1887–1966)
Shaporin [Shapóreen], Yury (Georgy) Aleksandrovich (10–27/11–8–1887, Glukhov [now Suma distr.]; 12–9–1966, M.). Pedagogue and comp. Attended the hist.-philology dept. of Kiev Univ. (1906–08) and also studied music privately with Lyubomirsky. Grad. 1912 from the law dept. of P. Univ. and 1918 from the P. Cons., where his teachers incl. N. Cherepnin (cond.), M. Shteinberg (orchestration), and N. Sokolov (comp.). Joined the faculty of the M. Cons. in 1939, teaching, among others, Artyom'yev, A…