Adrian Grigoryevich Shaposhnikov, (russian: Адриан Григорьевич Шапошников; 1888 – 1967) was both a
Soviet
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classical music composer and a
People's Artist of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
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.
His style is similar to
Alexander Gretchaninov
Alexander Tikhonovich GretchaninovAlso commonly transliterated as ''Aleksandr/Alexandre'' ''Grechaninov/Gretchaninoff/Gretschaninow'' ( rus, Алекса́ндр Ти́хонович Гречани́нов, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲɪtɕɐˈnʲin� ...
's. His only familiar work is his Sonata for Flute and Harp, which has been recorded several times.
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Soviet classical composers
1888 births
1967 deaths
Turkmenistan classical composers
Turkmenistan opera composers
Russian opera composers
Male opera composers
Soviet opera composers
20th-century Turkmenistan musicians
20th-century Russian male musicians