Alexander Smallens
Alexander Smallens (January 1, 1889 – November 24, 1972) was a Russian-born American conductor and music director.
Smallens was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and emigrated to the United States as a child, becoming an American citizen in 1919. He studied at the New York Institute of Musical Art until 1909, when he traveled to France to study at the Conservatoire de Paris.