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"The Mighty Five"

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"The Mighty Five"

Romantic composer, Pro-Russian enthusiasts/composers, (Members: Balakirev, Cul, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov)

uses stories, pictures and he's an alcoholic, piece called "Boris Godunov" which was based on a 1825 play by Pushkin about the Boris Godunov, uses realism-bells, speech-like singing, Russian folk-song, famous for "Pictures at an art exhibition"

Rimsky-Korsakov

Fantastoc orchestrator, loved the sea and music, Piece called "Scheherazade" which is about a wife who cheats on him and hes so mad, so he decides to stop when it comes to Scheherazade(portrayed by a violin) and it has 4 differenet movements

Russian Easter Festival Overture

-concert overture
-premiered in St. Petersburg in 1888
-To celebrate the russian orthodox easter season

chemist, played piano flute and cello, composed "Polovtsian dances from prince Igor" which is an unfinished opera by Borodin, completed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov