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Alexander Vasilievich Mosolov (29 July 1900, Kiev — 11 July 1973, Moscow) was a notable Ukrainian avant-garde composer of the early Soviet era. During the Revolutionary period of 1917-18, he worked in the office of the People's Commissioner for State Control, where he had brief personal contact with Lenin. He later served with the Red Army on the Polish and Ukrainian fronts, experiencing wounds and shell shock. From 1920, Mosolov worked as a pianist for silent films and entered the Moscow Conservatory in 1922, graduating in 1925. During his time at the Conservatory, he composed several romances and four piano sonatas. Upon graduation, he joined the Moscow branch of the Association of Contemporary Music, where he became the director of chamber music and later worked as a radio music editor. In his prime years from 1926 to 1928, Mosolov focused on modern music ideas, including constructivism, and his works were frequently performed in Moscow. His significant compositions from this period include the Piano Concerto No. 1 for small orchestra (1927), the symphonic episode "Factory. Music of machines" (1926-28), and vocal pieces such as "Three children’s sketches" (1926) and "Four newspaper announcements" (1926). However, many of his works, such as the First String Quartet and the chamber opera "A Hero" (1928), were

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