| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Ginzburg |
| Name | Iosif |
| Birth year | 1878 |
| Birth month | 3 |
| Birth day | 10 |
| Birth place | Dvinsk |
| Death year | 1936 |
| Death month | 9 |
| Death day | 22 |
| Death place | Daugavpils |
| Sex | M |
Ginzburg (Ginsburg) Iosif (Yazeps) (10.03.1878, Dvinsk, Vitebsk province - 22.09.1936, Daugavpils) - military Kapellmeister.
In 1904 Iosif Ginzburg he graduated from the Warsaw Conservatory. Served in the 4th Novogeorgievsky Infantry Regiment (1904), then, in 1910-15, in the 15th Don Cossack Regiment (under General Krasnov). During the First World War he was taken prisoner (28.08.1914) and was released in 1918.
In 1919 Iosif Ginzburg returned to Latvia. In 1921-31 he was Kapellmeister of the orchestra of a cavalry regiment. In 1931 he retired. Iosif Ginzburg is the author of many musical compositions.
About: Сегодня вечером. 1936. № 230; Latvju muzika. № 16. Lpp. 1620.