Alexei Vasilievich Haieff (August 25, 1914 – March 1, 1994)[1] was an American composer of orchestral and choral works.
He is known for following Stravinsky's neoclassicism, observing an austere economy of means, and achieving modernistic effects by a display of rhythmic agitation, often with jazzy undertones.
Born in Blagoveshchensk, in the Russian Far East, Haieff received his primary education at Harbin, Manchuria.
[2] In 1931 he went to the U.S., where he studied with Rubin Goldmark and Frederick Jacobi at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City (1934–38).
Ballets Orchestral Chamber music Piano Compositions Vocal/Choral Recordings in current CD release ( with selected movements available on YouTube):