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    general. The name "Scheherazade" refers to the main character Scheherazade of One Thousand and One Nights. It is one of Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular works...
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    Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was...
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  • (Frederica von Stade recording), 1981 Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov), a symphonic suite later adapted for ballet Scheherazade, 1848 classical composition work...
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    symphony orchestra in four movements by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He wrote the piece in 1868 but revised it in 1875 and 1891. He initially...
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    following is a partial list of compositions by the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908). The Maid of Pskov (Псковитянка = Pskovitjanka) (sometimes...
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    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...
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  • called Song of Scheherazade, with "Song of India" in it, and the "Caprice Espagnole" and "The Flight of the Bumble Bee", all by Rimsky-Korsakov, and if Yvonne...
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  • Rimsky-Korsakov (‹See Tfd›Russian: Римский-Корсаков) is a 1953 Soviet biopic directed by Gennadi Kazansky and Grigori Roshal and starring Grigori Belov...
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    Capriccio Espagnol (category Suites by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
    on Spanish folk melodies, composed by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1887. It received its premiere on 31 October 1887, in St. Petersburg...
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    Russian Easter Festival Overture (category Compositions by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
    Overture, is a concert overture written by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov between August 1887 and April 1888. It was dedicated to the memories...
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  • Tfd›Russian: Полёт шмеля) is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900...
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    Mily Balakirev (the leader), César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin. They lived in Saint Petersburg and collaborated...
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  • Kashchey the Deathless (category Operas by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
    Kashchey the Immortal) is a one-act opera in three scenes by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by the composer, and is based on a Russian...
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  • Manço is strongly based on Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) with an extended part of original lyrics. In the song "Scheherazade", on his 1988 album One More...
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    especially for this series were the three by Rimsky-Korsakov for which he is currently best known in the West—Scheherazade, the Russian Easter Festival Overture...
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    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed his Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 1 (originally in E♭ minor), between 1861 and 1865 under the guidance of Mily Balakirev...
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  • members. Contrary to popular belief, "Song of Scheherazade" is not based on Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, but does have a brief recurring motif that...
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    PENTATONE (PTC 5186332), SACD 2011: Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol and other orchestral works by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), with the Russian National...
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    Sadko (opera) (category Operas by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by the composer, with assistance from Vladimir Belsky, Vladimir Stasov, and others. Rimsky-Korsakov was...
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    The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya (category Operas by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
    Kítezhe i déve Fevrónii listen) is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky, and is based on a combination...
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    Sadko (musical tableau) (category Compositions by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
    Sadko, Op. 5, is a Tableau musical, or Musical picture, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, written in 1867 and revised in 1869 and 1892. It is sometimes called...
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    as the wife of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. She was also the mother of Russian musicologist Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov. Born Nadezhda Nikolayevna Purgold...
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  • Fantasy on Serbian Themes (category Compositions by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote his Fantasia on Serbian Themes, Op. 6, in 1867. Mily Balakirev conducted the first performed of this piece in May of that...
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    The Snow Maiden (category Operas by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
    Snegurochka–vesennyaya skazka) is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed during 1880–1881. The Russian libretto, by the composer,...
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  • The Concerto for Trombone and Military Band by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was written in 1877. The concerto consists of three movements: an Allegro Vivace...
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  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's eponymous opera, which was based on a Russian bylina (былина 'epic tale') with the same name. The music is Rimsky-Korsakov's score...
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    Mozart and Salieri (opera) (category Operas by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
    Motsart i Salyeri listen) is a one-act opera in two scenes by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, written in 1897 to a Russian libretto taken almost verbatim from Alexander...
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    members of The Five—the most notable example of the latter is Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, which was influenced by Balakirev's symphonic poem Tamara....
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    in four acts with a prologue (a total of seven scenes) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky, and is based on the 1831...
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    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed his Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 30, between 1882 and 1883. It was first performed in March 1884 at one of Mily...
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