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Kabalevsky

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[kah-buh-lef-skee, kuh-buh-lyef-skyee] / ˌkɑ bəˈlɛf ski, kə bʌˈlyɛf skyi /

noun

  1. Dmitri 1904–1987, Russian composer.


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Kabalevsky succumbed to Stalin’s decrees against formalistic art, and he has never been taken seriously in the West.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

For the first half, he joined three otherworldly impromptus — Drei Klavierstücke, Opus 946 — written in Schubert’s last months with the Third Sonata by the neglected Soviet composer Dmitri Kabalevsky.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

Such contemporary composers as Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Kabalevsky are frequently played at U.S. concerts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dmitri Kabalevsky worked on a new opera, The Indomitable, for Moscow's famed Stanislavsky Theater.

From Time Magazine Archive

The electronic band choked on Sousa, coughed and began again with Kabalevsky.

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.