Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (30 December O.S. 17 December 1904 – 14 February 1987) was a Russian composer.
Born: December 30th, 1904
Died: February 14th, 1987
Categories: Composers, Russians, 1980s deaths
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Neuhaus summed him up rather well when he called him the poor man's Prokofiev or Shostakovich. I knew him, but it would never have occured to me to play his threatbare music. (...) K. was a true intellectual, someone who was genuinely cultured, but as a person he was compromised, and deeply unpleasant.