Which Russian naval officer composed 'Capriccio Espagnole' in 1887?
", and is one of very few orchestral works to use either of these time signatures. Russian Easter Festival Overture Russian Easter Festival Overture: Overture on Liturgical Themes (, ), Op. 36, also known as the Great Russian Easter Overture, is a concert overture written by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov between August 1887 and April 1888. It was dedicated to the memories of Modest Mussorgsky and Alexander Borodin, two members of the group of composers known in English as ""The Five"". It is the last of what many call his three most exceptionally brilliant orchestral works, preceded by ""Capriccio"
"dedicated to the virtuosic cellist Karl Davydov and premiered in Moscow on 18 December 1880, with Nikolai Rubinstein conducting the Imperial Russian Musical Society. The Capriccio is scored for: 3 flutes (3rd doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 2 cornets in A, 2 trumpets in E, 3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass), tuba, 3 timpani, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, bass drum, glockenspiel, harp and strings. After a brief bugle call, inspired by bugle call Tchaikovsky heard daily in his rooms at the Hotel Constanzi, next door to the barracks of"
"Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (; ) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. 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 15 operas. ""Scheherazade"" is an example of his frequent use of fairy tale and folk subjects. Rimsky-Korsakov believed, as did fellow composer Mily Balakirev and critic Vladimir Stasov, in developing a nationalistic style of classical music. This style employed Russian folk"
"Russian Musical Society on November 25, 1889. Tchaikovsky conducted the orchestra. P. Jurgenson published the ""Pezzo capriccioso"" in 1888—the orchestral parts in January, and the arrangement for cello with piano in March. Publication of the full score was delayed because Tchaikovsky had taken the manuscript abroad with him, and did not return it to Jurgenson until May 6, 1888. The full score was printed in July the same year. Pezzo capriccioso Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62, for cello and orchestra in a single week in August 1887. Belying its title, this work is written in the"
"Capriccio Italien The Capriccio Italien, Op. 45, is a fantasy for orchestra composed between January and May 1880 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. A typical performance of the piece lasts about 15 minutes. The ""Capriccio"" was inspired by a trip Tchaikovsky took to Rome with his brother Modest as respite from the composer's disastrous marriage with Antonina Miliukova. It was in Rome, however, that the observant Tchaikovsky called Raphael a ""Mozart of painting."" While in Rome, he wrote to his friend Nadezhda von Meck: Conductor JoAnn Falletta says: The piece, initially called Italian Fantasia after Mikhail Glinka's Spanish pieces, was originally"
"seventeenth-century schism in the Orthodox Church. Rimsky-Korsakov's autobiography and his books on harmony and orchestration have been translated into English and published. Two books he started in 1892 but left unfinished were a comprehensive text on Russian music and a manuscript, now lost, on an unknown subject. Footnotes Notes Sources ""In English"": ""In Russian"": Films Scores Other Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (; ) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions—""Capriccio Espagnol"", the ""Russian Easter Festival Overture"", and the symphonic suite"
"Pezzo capriccioso Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62, for cello and orchestra in a single week in August 1887. Belying its title, this work is written in the somber key of B minor, the same key as the Symphony No. 6 ""Pathétique"". The ""Pezzo"" is not capricious in a lighthearted sense. The ""capriccioso"" aspect comes from Tchaikovsky's fanciful treatment of various aspects of the work's simple theme. Despite some rapid passages and a turn to the major key, Tchaikovsky preserves the basic pulse and sober mood throughout the piece. The sobriety was a result of Tchaikovsky's sufferings"
"Theatre and Performance. A full catalogue and details of access arrangements are available here. Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (; ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911), and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent"
"Riccardo Drigo Riccardo Eugenio Drigo (ru. Риккардо Эудженьо Дриго) (30 June 18461 October 1930) was an Italian composer of ballet music and Italian opera, a theatrical conductor, and a pianist. Drigo is most noted for his long career as kapellmeister and Director of Music of the Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg, Russia, for which he composed music for the original works and revivals of the choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Drigo also served as Chef d'orchestre for Italian opera performances of the orchestra of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre. During his career in Saint Petersburg, Drigo conducted the premieres and"
"Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (; ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911), and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as"
"many awards for his compositions, including the 2004 State Prize from the Russian Federation. Dmitri Pavlov (composer) Dmitri Aleksandrovich Pavlov is a Russian composer. He was born in St Petersburg in 1959, and graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatoire in 1982 class Theory and Composition. Acclaimed for his work as a film composer and perhaps best known for his score for the film The Cuckoo (Кукушка in Russian) directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin. Apart from music for film, Dmitri Pavlov has written for ballet, theatre and orchestra. He formed Pavlov Ballet in 1992, and also arranged for the 'Spirit of Mozart' concert"
"Dmitri Pavlov (composer) Dmitri Aleksandrovich Pavlov is a Russian composer. He was born in St Petersburg in 1959, and graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatoire in 1982 class Theory and Composition. Acclaimed for his work as a film composer and perhaps best known for his score for the film The Cuckoo (Кукушка in Russian) directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin. Apart from music for film, Dmitri Pavlov has written for ballet, theatre and orchestra. He formed Pavlov Ballet in 1992, and also arranged for the 'Spirit of Mozart' concert in Vienna, commemorating ""250th anniversary of Mozart's birth"". One of his works is Concerto"
"Vasily Agapkin Vasily Ivanovich Agapkin (; 3 February 1884 – 29 October 1964) was a Russian and Soviet military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march ""Farewell of Slavianka"" (written 1912). Agapkin was born in Ryazan Governorate in 1884. From 1912 to 1915, he studied at the Tambov musical school and later served in the army. Agapkin led the combined military bands during the famous Red Square Parade in Moscow on 7 November 1941. ""Farewell of Slavianka"" was one of the four marches that were played in that Parade, and in honor of his role there it has"
"Adalgiso Ferraris Adalgiso Ferraris (16 February 1890 – 31 December 1968) was an Italian-born British composer and pianist. Ferraris' compositions were based on classical and popular genres, with a particular flavour of gypsy, Hungarian and Russian traditionals. Among his best known melodies are the romantic Russian song ""Dark Eyes"", ""Calinerie"", ""Souvenir d'Ukraine"", ""the Russian Pedlar"" , ""Two guitars"" and ""A Balalaika"" Ferraris was born in Novara, in Piedmont, North of Italy. He went on to study at the Regia Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna, Italy, and studied piano and music composition with Manfredi and Crescentino. In 1910 Ferraris travelled to Russia"
"Alexander Kopylov Alexander Alexandrovich Kopylov or Kopilov (Александр Александрович Копылов, 14 July 1854 – 20 February 1911) was an Imperial Russian composer and violinist. Kopylov studied for many years as a chorister and violinist in the Imperial Court Choir, where he would later teach for much of his life. (The Court Choir was modeled after the more famous one in Vienna, known today as the Vienna Boys Choir). He was unable to gain entrance to either of the major conservatories in Russia, but was nevertheless able to study composition privately with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Anatoly Liadov. Kopylov gained a reputation"
"Pietro Mascagni Pietro Antonio Stefano Mascagni (; 7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece ""Cavalleria Rusticana"" caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the ""Verismo"" movement in Italian dramatic music. While it was often held that Mascagni, like Leoncavallo, was a ""one-opera man"" who could never repeat his first success, ""L'amico Fritz"" and ""Iris"" have remained in the repertoire in Europe (especially Italy) since their premieres. Mascagni said that at one point, ""Iris"" was performed in Italy more often than ""Cavalleria"" (cf."
"Alexander Dargomyzhsky Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky () () was a 19th-century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Dargomyzhsky was born in Troitsko village, Belyovsky District, Tula Governorate, and educated in Saint Petersburg. He was already known as a talented musical amateur when in 1833 he met Mikhail Glinka and was encouraged to devote himself to composition. His opera ""Esmeralda"" (libretto by composer, based on Victor Hugo's ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"") was composed in 1839 (performed 1847), and his ""Rusalka"" was performed in"
"He told Block, ""I am a bad pianist and my voice is raspy. Why should one eternalize it?"" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; , ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893), was a Russian composer of the romantic period, whose works are among the most popular music in the classical repertoire. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, bolstered by his appearances as a guest conductor in Europe and the United States. He was honored in 1884 by Emperor Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension. Although musically precocious, Tchaikovsky"
"his 4-year stay in Italy. It was for a winter carnival in Livorno, where a Russian flotilla was anchored, written at the request of his patron, count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, the commander-in-chief of the Russian fleet. The opera was premiered in February 1773 and was well received by the local press. The review in the Livorno newspaper ""Notizie del mondo"" published on February 27, 1773 noted that the “opera with music composed by Maestro Beresovsky, the Russian ""maestro di cappella"" at the service of Her Majesty the Empress of the whole Russia, combines liveliness and good taste with the possession"
"Russian Rhapsody (Rachmaninoff) Russian Rhapsody is a piece for two pianos in E minor composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1891, when he was 18 years old. It is more accurately described as a set of variations on a theme, rather than a true rhapsody. It was premièred on October 29, 1891, and its performance lasts approximately nine minutes. While still a student at Moscow Conservatory, Rachmaninoff wrote to Natalia Skalon on mentioning that he had begun work on a piece for two pianos that he wanted to play with Alexander ""Sasha"" Siloti. He dated the manuscript January 12–15, 1891 ,"
"Catterino Cavos Catterino Albertovich Cavos (Italiano: Catarino Camillo Cavos; ) (October 30, 1775 – May 10 (OS April 28), 1840), born Catarino Camillo Cavos, was an Italian composer, organist and conductor settled in Russia. He played an important role in the history of Russian opera and was the father of Alberto Cavos. Cavos is celebrated in Russian musical history as the man who composed the opera ""Ivan Susanin"" in 1815, 20 years before Mikhail Glinka's opera of the same name. The plot, based on an episode from Russian history, tells the story of the Russian peasant and patriotic hero Ivan"
"Pavel Chesnokov Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov (Russian: Пáвел Григóрьевич Чеснокóв) (24 October 1877, Voskresensk, Zvenigorod uyezd, Moscow Governorate – 14 March 1944, Moscow), also transliterated ""Tschesnokoff"", ""Tchesnokov"", ""Tchesnokoff"", and ""Chesnokoff"", was an Imperial Russian and Soviet composer, choral conductor and teacher. He composed over five hundred choral works, over four hundred of which are sacred. Today, he is most known for his piece ""Salvation is Created"" as well as works such as ""Do Not Reject Me in Old Age"" (solo for basso profondo) and movements from various settings of the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom. Chesnokov was born in Vladimir,"
"Aleksander Gurilyov Aleksander L'vovich Gurilyov (Russian:Александр Львович Гурилёв) ( – ) was a composer, pianist and music teacher who largely enriched the traditional romantic Russian repertoire through his solid technical accomplishments. He composed well over two hundred musical pieces imbued with romantic, sentimental moods and subtle lyricism which enjoyed great success in Russia. His numerous morceaux in his dramatic declamatory style, pre-date the creative works of Dargomyzhsky, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky. The young Aleksander was raised in the rich musical environment of Count Vladimir Orlov's country estate ""Otrada,"" near Moscow. He was taught violin by his father, Lev Gurilyov, a serf"
"Aleksandr Lokshin Aleksandr Lazarevich Lokshin () (1920–1987) was a Russian composer of classical music. He was born on September 19, 1920, in the town of Biysk, in the Altai Region, Western Siberia, and died in Moscow on June 11, 1987. An admirer of Mahler and Alban Berg, he created his own musical language; he wrote eleven symphonies plus symphonic works including ""Les Fleurs du Mal"" (1939, on Baudelaire's poems), ""Three Scenes from Goethe's Faust"" (1973, 1980), the cantata ""Mater Dolorosa"" (1977, on verses from Akhmatova's ""Requiem""), etc. Only his Symphony No.4 is purely instrumental; all other symphonies include vocal parts."
"Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; , ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893), was a Russian composer of the romantic period, whose works are among the most popular music in the classical repertoire. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, bolstered by his appearances as a guest conductor in Europe and the United States. He was honored in 1884 by Emperor Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension. Although musically precocious, Tchaikovsky was educated for a career as a civil servant. There was scant opportunity for a musical career in"
"1830s. He wrote over 200 pieces, of which 50 are either folk pieces or were written in this style. Many of them are sung by the Don Cossack Choir and other renowned vocal companies. Aleksander Gurilyov Aleksander L'vovich Gurilyov (Russian:Александр Львович Гурилёв) ( – ) was a composer, pianist and music teacher who largely enriched the traditional romantic Russian repertoire through his solid technical accomplishments. He composed well over two hundred musical pieces imbued with romantic, sentimental moods and subtle lyricism which enjoyed great success in Russia. His numerous morceaux in his dramatic declamatory style, pre-date the creative works of"
"Igor Markevitch Igor Borisovitch Markevitch (, ""Igor Borisovich Markevich"", , ""Ihor Borysovych Markevych""; July 27, 1912 – March 7, 1983) was a Russian composer and conductor who studied and worked in Paris, was naturalized Italian in 1947 and French in 1982. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Serge Diaghilev of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Markevitch settled in Italy during World War II, becoming a citizen. After the war, he moved to Switzerland. He had an international conducting career from there. He was married twice and had three sons and two daughters. Igor Markevitch"
"The Merchant Kalashnikov The Merchant Kalashnikov (, ""Kupets Kalashnikov"") is a three-act opera by Anton Rubinstein, with a libretto by Nikolai Kulikov. It is based on ""The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov"" by Mikhail Lermontov. The opera was written between 1877 and 1879, and was first performed at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg on . Written about the same time as the composer's Fifth Symphony, it has been seen as an attempt by Rubinstein to place himself as a Russian nationalist composer, like the members of the Kuchka. It has many elements in common with Russian nationalist operas which preceded"
"operas, including: ""Astrea placata"" (1770 Saint Petersburg), ""Antigone"" (1772 Saint Petersburg), and ""Le quattro stagioni e i dodici mesi dell'anno"" (1776 St Petersburg). Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816), a famous Neapolitan composer of more than 100 operas seria and buffa, he spent in Russia eight years (1776–1783), where he wrote 12 operas including ""Nitteti"" (1777 Saint Petersburg), ""Lucinda e Armidoro"" (1777 Saint Petersburg), ""Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile"" (1782 Hermitage Theatre), and ""Il mondo della luna"" (1782 Kamenny Island Theatre). Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802), a composer of about 40 operas, he spent in Russia eighteen years (1784–1802). After being for"
"the Italian as well as Russian libretti. Here are listed some of the operas written and premiered in Russia: Vincenzo Manfredini (1737–1799) spent 12 years in Russia and died in Saint Petersburg. The son and pupil of famous baroque composer Francesco Manfredini, he was a music teacher for Pavel Petrovich who later became Emperor of Russia. For the Russian Imperial Court Manfredini wrote five operas including: ""Semiramide"" (1760, Saint Petersburg), ""L'Olimpiade"" (1762 Moscow) and ""Carlo Magn""o (1763 Saint Petersburg). Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779) was a ""maestro di cappella"" at the Russian Imperial Court for eight years (1768–1775, and wrote there five"
"Fyodor Matyushkin Fyodor Fyodorovich Matyushkin (""Матюшкин, Федор Федорович"" in Russian) (7.10(21).1799 — 9.16(28).1872) was a Russian navigator, Admiral (1867), and a close friend of Aleksandr Pushkin. Matyushkin graduated from Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum in 1817. After having volunteered for the navy, he participated in Vassili Golovnin's world cruise on the ship ""Kamchatka"" in 1817—1819. In 1820—1824, Matyushkin took part in Ferdinand Wrangel's Arctic expedition to the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea. They explored and mapped Chetyrekhstolbovoy Island, the southernmost of the Medvyezhi Islands, then an almost unknown island group. Following this survey Matyushkin explored on his own a vast"
"performed by music group Akkord in the 1970s with Russian lyrics by Yuri Tseytlin, became popular in the Soviet Union and then in Russia (as performed by music band Neschastny Sluchai). The original Portuguese lyrics revolves around a fisherman, who goes out to sea on a raft and hopes to return home safe. The Russian lyrics tells the story of an orphaned slum boy and is topically related to the plot of ""The Sandpit Generals"". Suíte do Pescador ""Suíte do Pescador"" (""The Suite of a Fisherman"" in Portuguese, also known as ""Canção da Partida"") is a song by Brazilian songwriter"
"been played as the final march in Victory Day parades all over Russia. His music has appeared in many films including ""72 Meters"" (2004). Vasily Agapkin Vasily Ivanovich Agapkin (; 3 February 1884 – 29 October 1964) was a Russian and Soviet military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march ""Farewell of Slavianka"" (written 1912). Agapkin was born in Ryazan Governorate in 1884. From 1912 to 1915, he studied at the Tambov musical school and later served in the army. Agapkin led the combined military bands during the famous Red Square Parade in Moscow on 7 November 1941."