Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sound
March 18, 1844
Died at age 64
June 21, 1908
Date of Death
Tikhvin, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire [now Leningrad Oblast, Russia]
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Biography
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five.
His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his fifteen operas. Scheherazade is an example of his frequent use of fairy-tale and folk subjects.
