Alexei Haieff

Composer

1914 – 1994

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Who was Alexei Haieff?

Alexei Vasilievich Haieff, was an American composer of orchestral and choral works. He is known for following Stravinsky's neoclassicism, observing an austere economy of means, and achieving modernistic effects by a display of rhythmic agitation, often with jazzy undertones.

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Born
Aug 25, 1914
Blagoveshchensk
Also known as
  • Alexei Vasilievich Haieff
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Juilliard School
    (1934 - 1938)
Lived in
  • Rome
    (1970 - 1994/03/01)
Died
Mar 1, 1994
Rome

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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