Mily Balakirev
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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian composers, notab
Balakirev in 1900
Portrait of (left to right) Balakirev, Vladimir Odoevsky and Mikhail Glinka by Ilya Repin. The painting is somewhat anachronistic – Balakirev is depicted as a man approaching middle age, with a full beard; however, Glinka died in 1857, when Balakirev was only 20 years old.
Rimsky-Korsakov as a naval cadet, at the time he met Balakirev
Alexander Dargomyzhsky eventually replaced Balakirev as a mentor to The Five
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.