Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

a young age. However, they pushed him to enroll into law school and he agreed. Rimsky- Korsakov’s youngest son also attended the university and soon the two men grew to be close friends. Rimsky- Korsakov mentored him. After graduating from law school, he wrote the composition, Fireworks, and sent it to Korsakov. Unfortunately, his mentor never received the package due to sudden death. Loyal, even after death, Korsakov arranged to have Stravinksy’s pieces used for a performance. This gave him the

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born into a wealthy family as a child. His family owned a lot of land, and was very successful. Mussorgsky was born on March 9th, 1839. In Karevo, Russia. He was a very fortunate person to grow up to be a musician. Music ran in his family his mother Yuliah Chrikova was an expert at the piano. As for Mussorgsky's father he also was skilled in piano, however, he did it as more of a hobby. Mussorgsky's father being a large land owner in this time period he owned a lot

wanted him to be a lawyer and not follow in their footsteps. Stravinsky got a chance to show Rimsky-Korsakov some of his music he wrote because he attended law school with his son. Rimsky-Korsakov was really impressed and decided to take him as a private pupil. Rimsky-Korsakov used some of Stravinsky's pieces to present in front of classes and used it in “The Symphony of E flat major.” When Rimsky-Korsakov

During the first half of the 19th century, opera was in it’s golden age. Composers sought to capture drama, emotion, and personalities, creating a closer connection with their audience. With this, they also began to reflect on the concerns of a broad audience; love and loyalty to family and/or nation, women’s desire for independence, struggle for freedom, fear of evil. This want to appeal to the population sparked the theme of national identity, which came to be known as Nationalism. The French

While Avramenko enjoyed the riches of spreading his part of the culture in America, someone else sought out the same goal as Avramenko: Alexander Koshetz, a Ukrainian conductor, and composer. He had graduated from the Kiev Theological Academy in 1901 and was asked to lead the Ukrainian National Chorus into America. He accepted and showed Ukrainian culture, much like Avramenko, except his ambitions lay in showcasing religious music rather than folk dance. When Avramenko still danced in Europe, Koshetz

later fall into misfortune. Both men were encouraged to study music by their families but were propelled into military service as a reliable career choice. Mussorgsky would join the Russian Guard (Calvocoressi 1978, 5) and Rimsky-Korsakov would become a naval officer (Rimsky-Korsakov and Vechten 1947, 9). Despite their obligations to the military, both men would be drawn back to the world of music, not surprising considering they had both already composed some of their own pieces at very young ages (Rosenfeld

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, or know as Igor Stravinsky, was born and grew up in Oranienbaum, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia. According to Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions: A Biography of the Works through Mavra, author Richard Taruskin writes, “Stravinsky was born on 5 June 1882, O.S.-on which day New Style calendars in the West read 17 June. From 1900 on, according to the scheme here detailed, his birthday corresponded to 18 June, N.S., and that was the date on which he celebrated it

former head of The Russian Five, Mily Balakirev, news spread quickly to the famed composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov who sought to meet this young, high school aged, composer. Glazunov was taught privately by Rimsky-Korsakov at the conservatory of St. Petersburg; Rimsky said that “His musical development progressed not by the day, but literally by the hour”. When Glazunov was only sixteen, Rimsky-Korsakov premiered his work and Alexander Borodin, among others,

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was born on June 15, 1882, in Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov), Russia. He was the third out of four boys. His mother, Anna Kholodovsky, was a talented and accomplished pianist and singer. In his autobiography, Stravinsky attributes his score-reading abilities to her. His father, Feodor, was of Polish descent and was a famous operatic bass. His family moved to St. Petersburg to accommodate his career. In the summers the Stravinsky’s traveled around the Europe. They visited

Music Of Russia Preparation For Activities xx provide more information Discuss with class the characteristics of 19th century classical Russian Music. Discuss Russian composers, in particular “The Five” or “The Mighty Handful” ( Mousorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Cui and Balakirev). Play selections/excerpts of pieces by Russian composers and have students describe characteristics of the music they hear. Discuss particular instrumentation, tone colors. Discuss how Russian music was often based