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  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    …Easter Festival Overture, are a testament to his exceptional talent in tone-coloring and brilliant orchestration. His operas, often based on Russian or other Slavic fairy tales, literature, and history, are…

  • Glazunov Symphony No. 1 in E Major “Slavonic”, Op. 5

    Glazunov Symphony No. 1 in E Major “Slavonic”, Op. 5

    …Petersburg in 1882 and was conducted by Mily Balakirev or Rimsky Korsakov. The symphony incorporates Slavic folksongs and represents a synthesis of contrasting movements in Russian music at the time….

  • Bedřich Smetana

    Bedřich Smetana

    …following the 1848 Revolution in Prague stirred Smetana’s nationalist sensibilities. He began to assert his Slavic roots and slowly mastered the Czech language, his first language being German, as was…