Biography
Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev (Russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Аса́фьев, July 29 1884 — January 27, 1949) was a Russian composer and writer.
Boris Asafiev lived in the Soviet Union where he had a strong musical influence. His compositions were mainly ballets and guitar compositions, and include Flames of Paris, based on the French Revolution, and The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, which was first performed in 1934, and was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in 2006.
His writings, under the name Igor Glebov, include The Book about Stravinsky and Glinka.
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