Previous posts for November 12th are here: Richard Whiting; Alexander Borodin (2019), Gustav Nottebohm (2020), Jo Stafford; Neil Young (2021), Richard A. Whiting (2022), Richard A. Whiting (2023), and Alexander Borodin (2024)
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Alexander Borodin (12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887) was a Russian chemist who composed avocationally. He is, of course, now remembered for the latter.
Speculation
He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Five" or "The Mighty Handful", a group dedicated to producing a "uniquely Russian" kind of classical music." adapted from Wikipedia, s.v. "Alexander Bordon" and "The Five (composers)"
In 1954, Borodin was posthumously awarded a Tony Award for this Kismet. -- adapted from Wikipedia
If Alexander Borodin had known he
Would in the future win himself a Tony,
I wonder if the notion would have stunned him,
And if The Mighty Handful would have shunned him.
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