Mikhail Goldstein
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Mikhail Goldstein (pen name Mikhailo Mykhailovsky) (November 8, 1917,Odessa - September 7, 1989, Hamburg)
Soviet composer and violinist of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, brother of prominent violinist Boris Goldstein. He was born in Odessa in 1917 and died in Hamburg in 1989. He was the author of the celebrated musical hoax "Ovsianniko-Kulikovsky's Symphony No. 21" as well as several others, notably "Expromt" by Balakirev", "Albumblatte" (Листок из Альбома) by Glazunov" etc. He concentrated on composition after his career as a violinist was curtailed by a hand injury.
He was a winner of 3 prizes at the 1963 All-Union Composers' Competition (compositions for violin and cello). Apparently he submitted his entries under pseudonyms ("Советская Культура" 1/12/1963). After this incident his political difficulties increased. He was forced to emigrate in 1964, and settled in Germany.
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All references regarding Goldstein have been removed from all Ukrainian encyclopedias. These include not only Soviet publications but also contemporary publications and emigre diaspora publications.
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- Сорокер, Я. Євреї в музиці України - Сучасність, 2 (286) (лютий, 1995) 54-65.
- Гольдштейн М. Записки музыканта. Франкфурт-на-Майне, 1970
- Полищук, Ян. Гений или злодей. "Литературная газета" 5 января 1959 г.
- Музыкальная подделка. В кн.: Энциклопедический музыкальный словарь. Изд. Москва, 1966 г., Стр. 331.
