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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov [a] [b] (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) [c] was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. [d] He was a master of orchestration.
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
Rimsky-Korsakov was not able to meet Berlioz due to the French composer's ill health. [15] He was, however, able to hear Berlioz conduct his Symphonie fantastique on December 7, 1867, and Harold en Italie at Berlioz's final concert on February 8, 1868. [15] Rimsky-Korsakov began work on Antar on January 21, between these two concerts. [15]
Composed between 1894 and 1895, Rimsky-Korsakov based his opera on a short story, "Christmas Eve", from Nikolai Gogol's 1832 collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. [2] The story had been used as the basis for an opera at least three times previously, including for Tchaikovsky 's Vakula the Smith (1874). [ 3 ]
Before meeting Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov had written, among other works, "something like the beginning of a symphony in E ♭ minor." [1] These pieces were the fruit of composition lessons with F.A. Kanille, with whom he had begun studying in the fall of 1859. [2]
Mlada (Russian: Млада, romanized: Mláda listen ⓘ) is an opera-ballet in four acts, composed between 1889 and 1890 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, to a libretto by Viktor Krylov that was originally employed for an aborted project of the same name from 1872.
Scheherazade, also commonly Sheherazade (Russian: Шехеразада, romanized: Shekherazada, IPA: [ʂɨxʲɪrɐˈzadə]), Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 and based on One Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights).
Sadko (Russian: Садко, romanized: Sadkó listen ⓘ, the name of the main character) is an 1898 opera in seven scenes by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.The libretto was written by the composer, with assistance from Vladimir Belsky, Vladimir Stasov, and others. [1]