Born in Petersburg, 12/Nov 24, 1896
Died in Kiev, Oct 3, 1938
- Kosenko studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, graduating in 1918.1
- Kosenko’s teachers included Nikolai Tcherepnin, Alexander Glazunov, and Nikolay Sokolov.2
- Kosenko taught at a school of music in Zhitomir (which was later renamed in his honor)3 then relocated to Kiev, and taught at the Lysenko Music Institute (1929-34) and the Kiev Conservatory (1934-8).4
- Kosenko’s music in Romantic in style, influenced by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.5
Biography from Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Sources
- Yelena Zin′kevich, “Kosenko, Viktor Stepanovich,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed March 17, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000044447.
- Allan B. Ho, Notes 51, no. 4 (1995): 1466, https://doi.org/10.2307/899161.
- Ibid.
- Zin′kevich, “Kosenko, Viktor Stepanovich,” Grove Music Online.
- Ibid.