Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 🇷🇺

Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков (Known as "Rimsky-Korsakov")
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Born Mar 18, 1844 🇷🇺 Tikhvin, Russian Empire
Passed Away Jun 21, 1908 Lyubensk, Russian Empire
Lifespan 64 years old
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"Orchestration is creation, and this can be neither taught nor learned, only cultivated."

Archival Overview

Russian master of orchestral color and folklore, renowned for Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol, and Flight of the Bumblebee.

Biographical Record

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian master composer, naval officer, and supreme orchestrator who formed the core of 'The Five'. Teaching at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory for decades, he authored foundational textbooks on harmony and orchestration and mentored a generation of giants, including Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Alexander Glazunov.

Rimsky-Korsakov is legendary for his dazzling orchestral palette, glittering fairy-tale exoticism, and vibrant Russian folkloric themes. His symphonic suite Scheherazade (1888), Capriccio Espagnol, and operas such as The Tale of Tsar Saltan (home of 'Flight of the Bumblebee') remain brilliant benchmarks of orchestral brilliance.

Key Life Milestones

1888

Scheherazade

Composed his glittering symphonic suite inspired by the One Thousand and One Nights, a triumph of orchestral color.

1900

Flight of the Bumblebee

Wrote his famous virtuosic orchestral interlude for the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan.

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Final Resting Place

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Tikhvin Cemetery (Alexander Nevsky Lavra)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
GPS: 59.9226, 30.3865
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