César Cui
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César Antonovich Cui was a Russian composer and music critic, member of the Belyayev circle and The Five – a group of composers gathered by the idea of creating a specifically Russian type of music. A
Cui in 1910
Cui among artists of the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre, 1902
Grave of Malvina and César Cui, Tikhvin Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Caricature of Cui by Rayevsky, based on a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme. The gladiators in the center bear shields inscribed with the titles of Cui's operas William Ratcliff, The Mandarin's Son, and Angelo.
The Five (composers)
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The Five, also known as the Mighty Handful or The Mighty Five, were five prominent 19th-century Russian composers who worked together to create a distinct national style of classical music: Mily Balak
Vladimir Stasov (1824–1906)
Mighty Handful