Scheherazade, also commonly Sheherazade, Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 and based on One Thousand and One Nights.
Scheherazade by Léon Bakst (before 1917)
The Blue Sultana by Léon Bakst
Mikhail Fokine and Vera Fokina in the Ballets Russes production of Scheherazade
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov 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
Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
…Scheherazade, also commonly Sheherazade (Russian: Шехеразада, romanized: Shekherazada, IPA: ), Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 and based on One Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights). This orchestral work combines two features typical of Russian music…
Rimsky-Korsakov's birthplace in Tikhvin
Rimsky-Korsakov family coat of arms
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1856
Rimsky-Korsakov in 1866, when he was a michman in the Russian Navy