Shekhter, Boris Semyonovich

Shekhter [Shékhtir] (Schechter), Boris Semyonovich (1–9/20–1900, Odessa; 12–16–1961, M.). Grad. 1922 from the Odessa Cons., where he studied with Malishevsky, and 1929 from the M. Cons., where he was a pupil of Myaskovsky and Vasilenko. Taught at the latter from 1929–41 and, with Bely and Davidenko, organized PROKOLL. Later settled in Turkestan, where he joined the faculty of the Ashkhabad Cons. and wrote the first pieces based on Turkmenian folk melodies. His Turkmenian Suite is one of the…