Lev Birnov - Cuckoo (Кукушка), n. 6 from 10 Pieces For Children

Описание: Lev Birnov (Russian: Лев Бирнов). Russian Composer. He was born on December 2 (15), 1908 in the village of Osveya, Drissa district, Vitebsk province.
In 1938 he graduated at Moscow Conservatory in the class of composition of D. Kabalevsky (previously he studied in the class of M. Gnessin and G. Litinsky). In 1928-1930 he was the head composer at the Theater of Small Forms in Arkhangelsk. In 1938-1941 he worked in a newsreel studio, in 1941-1944 he was the head of the music department at the Guryev Musical Drama Theatre. Teacher of theory and harmony in 1948-1953 at the A. K. Glazunov School in Moscow. In 1958-1960 he was a consultant of the seminar of amateurs composers at the Center House of Composers (Moscow). In 1962-1965 he was teaching composition at the M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov School, In 1965-1970 he was a teacher of instrumentation and score reading at the “October Revolution” School.

I was not able to find any detail about the death of the composer.
Illustration for the Boy In A Forest (1925) by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, chosen by D. T. for this video.

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