Alexei Haieff

Alexei Haieff
Alexei Haieff
Born	August 25, 1914; Blagoveshchensk, Russia
Died	March 1, 1994; Rome, Italy
Era	Neoclassical

Alexei Vasilievich Haieff (August 25, 1914 – March 1, 1994)^[1] 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.

^ Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial Edition. Nicolas Slonimsky, Editor Emeritus. Schirmer, 2001.

[1] Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial Edition. Nicolas Slonimsky, Editor Emeritus. Schirmer, 2001.

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Alexei Haieff
Born	August 25, 1914 Blagoveshchensk, Russia
Died	March 1, 1994 Rome, Italy
Era	Neoclassical