Nikolai Lopatnikoff

Nikolai Lopatnikoff (born Russian, Николай Львович Лопатников/Nikolai Lwowitsch Lopatnikow; 16 March 1903 in Tallinn - 7 October 1976 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a Russian-American composer, music teacher and university lecturer. He composed some works of the neoclassical music. These pieces featured fast, furious that included in some cases snare drumming and also soft music for cello. These style alternate fast and furious with quiet and solemn, legato strings giving way to a quiet passage that ends with a loud drum.

Nikolai Lopatnikoff

Nikolai Lopatnikoff (born Russian, Николай Львович Лопатников/Nikolai Lwowitsch Lopatnikow; 16 March 1903 in Tallinn - 7 October 1976 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a Russian-American composer, music teacher and university lecturer. He composed some works of the neoclassical music. These pieces featured fast, furious that included in some cases snare drumming and also soft music for cello. These style alternate fast and furious with quiet and solemn, legato strings giving way to a quiet passage that ends with a loud drum.