Background
USPENSKIY, Viktor was born on August 19, 1879 in Kaluga.
USPENSKIY, Viktor was born on August 19, 1879 in Kaluga.
1913 graduate Lyadov’s Composition Class, Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory.
In his childhood lived in Osh and Tashkent, Centr Asia. From 1918 worked in Tashkent. Participated in three folk-lore expeditions.
1918-1922 teacher, People's Concervatory. 1928 — 34 at Tashkent Musical College. 1932-1949 researcher, then head, Institute of Art Criticism.
1936-1949 professor, Tashkent Conservatory. Reconstructed Uzbek folk music instruments.