Previous posts for June 1st will be found here: Mikhail Glinka (2019), Carl Bechstein (2020), Nelson Riddle (2021), Georg Muffat; Ferdinando Paër (2022), and Joseph Elsner (2023)
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Mikhail Glinka (1 June [O.S. 20 May] 1804 – 15 February [O.S. 3 February] 1857) is often regarded as the father of the distinctively Russian style of composition.
On Mikhail Glinka; or, OMG
Glinka's orchestral composition Kamarinskaya (1848) was said by Tchaikovsky to be "the acorn from which the oak" of later Russian symphonic music grew. -- Wikipedia
The overture to Ruslan and Ludmila is a favorite curtain-raiser, the kind of bonbon that tends to begin seasons or serve as [an] encore after a splendid evening. — arts.ucdavis.edu/post/glinka-overture-ruslan-and-ludmila
Join with me today and drink a
Vodka toast to Mikhail Glinka!
The man of whom Tchaikovsky spoke,
And said, “from him the mighty oak
Of Russian symphonies had grown,”
Yet, in the West, he is unknown
Excepting for a piece or two
Which orchestras will sometimes do
To get the evening’s concert started
With something lively and light-hearted,
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