Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

(1844–1908) Composer

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was a composer.

Quick Facts About Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Born: March 6, 1844
Died: June 20, 1908
Profession: Composer

About Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer (1844–1908)... | Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along

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Thus having been undeservedly accepted at the Conservatory as a professor, I soon became one of its best and possibly its very…

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Orchestration is part of the very soul of the work. A work is thought out in terms of the orchestra, certain tone-colors…

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What terrible harm Wagner did by interspersing his pages of genius with harmonic and modulatory outrages to which both young and old…

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I had no idea of the historical evolution of the civilized world's music and had not realized that all modern music owes…

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