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)
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Alexander Borodin
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Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Five", a group dedicated to p
The Five (composers)
…together to create a distinct national style of classical music: Mily Balakirev (the leader), César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin. They lived in Saint Petersburg and collaborated from 1856 to 1870. In May 1867 the critic Vladimir Stasov wrote an article, titled Mr. Balakirev's…
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Borodin at the age of 14
Portrait of Borodin by Ilya Repin, 1888
Tomb of Borodin in Tikhvin Cemetery. The musical notation in the background shows themes from Symphony No. 2, the "Gliding Dance of the Maidens" from Polovtsian Dances; "Song of the Dark Forest"; and the "Scherzo" theme from Symphony No. 3.