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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) was a Russian composer and professor. He is noted for his predilection for folk and fairy-tale subjects. Rimsky-Korsakov with Mili Balakirev, Aleksandr Borodín, Modest Músorgski and César Cui formed the grup known as The Five. In 1868, he met Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

In July 1872, Rimsky-Korsakov married Nadezhda Purgold.

Some works

• The Maid of Pskov
• Mlada
• Capriccio espagnol
• The Tsar's Bride
• May Night
• Snowmaiden (The Dance of the Tumblers)
• The Barber of Baghdad
• Mozart and Salieri
• The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Flight of the Bumblebee)
• Kashchei the Immortal
• Scheherazade (suite)
• The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya
• Christmas Eve
• Heaven and Earth
• The tempest
• Saul and David

See also

• Claude Debussy
• Maurice Ravel
• Romantic period (music)

External links

• Rimsky-Korsakov In Spanish.