Lew Moissejewitsch Zeitlin
Lew Moissejewitsch Zeitlin ( Russian Лев Моисеевич Цейтлин ), also transliterated as Lev Moiseevich Tseitlin or Lev Moiseyevich Tseytlin , (born March 3 jul. / 15. March 1881 greg. In Tbilisi ; † 9 January 1952 in Moscow ) was a Russian violinist and university professors.
Lew Zeitlin completed his violin studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Leopold von Auer in 1901 and then gave concerts at home and abroad. From 1908 to 1917 he was concertmaster of the orchestra in Moscow, directed by Kusevitsky . From 1918 to 1920 Zeitlin taught as a professor at the Institute for Music and Theater in Moscow, and from 1920 to 1952 he was a professor for violin at the Moscow Conservatory . Zeitlin was the initiator of the conductorless symphony orchestra Persimfans , which played an important role in Russian musical life from 1922 to 1932. In 1927 he received the RSFSR's Honored Artist Award.
Lew Zeitlin was and is repeatedly confused or mixed up biographically in literature with Leo Zeitlin (1884–1930), who - also a violinist and graduate of the Petersburg Conservatory - also worked as a composer and arranger and died in New York.
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Leo Zeitlin, Paula Eisenstein Baker, Robert Nelson: Chamber Music . Middleton, Wis .: AR Editions, 2009, ISBN 978-0-89579-645-5 , XI and XLIX (note 65 + 66)
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- Biography (russ.)
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| SURNAME | Zeitlin, Lev Moisseyevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tseitlin, Lev Moiseevich; Tseytlin, Lev Moiseyevich; Цейтлин, Лев Моисеевич (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian violinist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tbilisi |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1952 |
| Place of death | Moscow |