In the history of music, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov as Russian composer (1844–1908).
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was born at Tikhvin in 1844. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Naval Cadet Corps.
This was the century of the virtuoso and the touring soloist, when a performer could become famous across a continent.
He worked as composer, conductor and musicologist.
The instruments recorded are piano.
His work is classed as opera, symphony and classical music.
He performed with The Five.
Among his best-known works are Scheherazade, Symphony No. 1 and The Golden Cockerel. Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
That the work came out of Russia shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov died in 1908, aged 64. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: Scheherazade
- Notable work: Symphony No. 1
- Notable work: The Golden Cockerel
- Instruments: piano
- Genres: opera, symphony and classical music
