Who was born first, Béla Bartók or Dmitri Shostakovich?
Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich , ] ; 25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer and pianist. He is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century.
Nikolay Kashkin Nikolay Dmitriyevich Kashkin (Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Кашкин ; 27 November [O.S. 9 December] 1839 15 March 1920) was a Russian music critic as well as a professor of piano and music theory at the Moscow Conservatory for 33 years (1866-96 and 1905-08).