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Rimsky-Korsakov

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Rim·ski-Kor·sa·kov or Rim·sky-Kor·sa·kov  (rmsk-kôrs-kôf), Nikolai Andreyevich 1844-1908.
Russian composer whose operas and orchestral works were heavily influenced by traditional folk music.
Rimsky-Korsakov [ˈrɪmskɪˈkɔːsəkɒf (Russian) ˈrimskijˈkɔrsəkəf]
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(Biographies / Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Andreyevich (1844-1908) M, Russian, MUSIC: composer) Nikolai Andreyevich (nikaˈlaj anˈdrjejɪvitʃ). 1844-1908, Russian composer; noted for such works as the orchestral suite Scheherazade (1888) and the opera Le Coq d'or (first performed in 1910)
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Noun1.Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908)
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimski-Korsakov, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Rimski-Korsakov
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Too much context, one might add, since the Violin Concerto was the only piece in their two concerts that was genuine Tchaikovsky: the rest consisted of music by his rival Rimsky-Korsakov, his pupil Sergei Taneyev, and his talented, but doomed successor Vasily Kalinnikov.
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