Wassili Leps
Wassili Leps (1870–1942) was a Russian-born American composer and conductor. Born near Saint Petersburg, he came to the United States in 1894. He frequently conducted at Willow Grove Park near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He wrote numerous operas; Hoshi-San was premiered in Philadelphia in 1909.
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- Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
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- 1870 births
- 1942 deaths
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- American conductors (music)
- American male conductors (music)
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