Balakirev

Piano Concerto (Rimsky-Korsakov) - Overview
... After a long hiatus, Mily Balakirev reappeared on the Russian music scene in 1881, at the first Free Music School concert of the 1881-82 season ... It was Balakirev who suggested that Rimsky-Korsakov write a piano concerto ... and style this greatly astonished Balakirev, who found my concerto to his liking ...

Mily Balakirev
... Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Russian Ми́лий Алексе́евич Бала́кирев, Milij Alekseevič Balakirev, ) (2 January 1837 – 29 May 1910), was a ... In the process, Balakirev developed musical patterns that could express overt nationalistic feeling ... with critic and fellow nationalist Vladimir Stasov, in the late-1850s and early 1860s Balakirev brought together the composers now known as The Five—the others were Alexander Borodin, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky ...

Balakirev The Buffoon - Balakirev in Reality
... Ivan Alexandrovich Balakirev was a trusted servant of Peter I and Catherine I since 1699 ... One of the version around the Balakirev surname etymology is that it formed from Bala kire, a tatar for stubborn kid ... Xenofont Polevoy published a book entitled Collection of anecdotes by Balakirev, using the real name of Ivan Balakirev as his pseudonim ...

Symphony No. 1 (Rimsky-Korsakov) - Overview - Influences
... Prince Kholmsky and Jota Aragonesa and Balakirev's King Lear Overture ... to Hector Berlioz's treatise on orchestration as well as to advice from Balakirev ... later wrote, "but was convinced that Balakirev knew everything in the world, and he cleverly concealed from me and the others the insufficiency of his information ...