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"Song of India" is a popular song adapted from the aria "Pesni︠a︡ indiĭskogo gosti︠a︡" (Song of the Indian Guest) from Rimsky-Korsakov's 1896 opera Sadko. [1] The melody was also used for the 1918 song " Beautiful Ohio ", which became the official song of the U.S. State of Ohio .
In 1922 the English composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji wrote a pastiche on the "Hindu Merchant's Song" as the third of his Three Pastiches for Piano. In 1953, a Russian film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko entitled Sadko based on the opera and featuring Rimsky-Korsakov's music was released.
Collection of Sacred Musical Compositions by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Used at the Imperial Court. Four-Voice Compositions from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 22, 1883; contains 8 pieces; Collection of Sacred Musical Arrangements by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Used at the Imperial Court, Op. 22b, 1884; contains 6 hymns based on chant melodies
Two projects helped Rimsky-Korsakov focus on less academic music-making. The first was the creation of two folk song collections in 1874. Rimsky-Korsakov transcribed 40 Russian songs for voice and piano from performances by folk singer Tvorty Filippov, [79] [80] who approached him at Balakirev's suggestion. [81]
Song of India may refer to: Song of India, common name for plant dracaena reflexa, first described in 1786 "Song of India" (song), aria from Rimsky-Korsakov's 1896 opera Sadko "Song of India", alternative name for "Sare Jahan se Accha", 1904 Urdu poem, later song; Song of India, 1949 American romantic adventure drama, starring Sabu
In 1892, Rimsky-Korsakov reorchestrated Sadko. [20] This was the last of his early works that he revised. [20] "With this revision I settled accounts with the past," he wrote in his autobiography. "In this way, not a single larger work of mine of the period antedating May Night remained unrevised" (italics Rimsky-Korsakov). [20]
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