Swan, Alfred Julius
(1890–1970)
Swan, Alfred Julius (Al'fred Al'fredovich) (10–9–1890, P.; 10–2–1970, Haverford, PA). Musicologist and comp. Studied with Kalafati and Vinkler at the P. Cons. (1911–13), and earned a BA (1911) and MA (1934) from Oxford Univ. Emigrated in 1919 and settled in the United States, where he was on the faculties of the Univ. of Virginia, Swarthmore College, and Haverford College, among others. Wrote many valuable studies on Russian composers, incl. N. Metner (Medtner), Musorgsky, Rachmaninoff, and A…