March 18 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous postings for March 18th may be found here: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (2019), John Kirkpatrick (2020), Adam Levine (2021), John Kander (2022), and John IV of Portugal (2023)

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1844 – 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1908) wrote a huge catalogue of distinguished and colorful music. much of which remains quite rarely played outside of Russia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught

Rimsky-Korsakov taught theory and composition to 250 students over his 35-year tenure at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, "enough to people a whole 'school' of composers". This does not include pupils at the two other schools where he taught, including Glazunov, or those he taught privately at his home, such as Igor Stravinsky. – Wikipedia

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

  Was held in veneration;

He acted as a music prof

  And taught a generation

Of Russians one could rattle off

  In distinguished aggregation.

 

 

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