Veniamin Fleishman

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Veniamin Iossifowitsch Fleishman, (Russian: Вениами́н Ио́сифович Фле́йшман, July 20, 1913, Bezhetsk, Tver Oblast – September 14, 1941, Krasnoye Selo, Leningrad Oblast) was a Russian composer. While studying under Dmitri Shostakovich at the Leningrad Conservatory (1939-1941), he began a one-act opera Rothschild's Violin based on Anton Chekhov’s short story about Bronza, a Russian country coffin-maker and violinist, and his combative relationship with the Jewish musicians in his village. At the outbreak of World War II Fleishman volunteered for the front and was killed before he … read more

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1	Love this track	Rothschild's Violin, The wedding band	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading	2 listeners
2	Love this track	Rothschild's Violin, Band music	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading	2 listeners
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