Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Composer)
Born: 2nd January 1837, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: 29th May 1910, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian composers, notably Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He began his career as a pivotal figure, extending the fusion of traditional folk music and experimental classical music practices begun by composer Mikhail Glinka. In the process, Balakirev developed musical patterns that could express overt nationalistic feeling. After a nervous breakdown and consequent sabbatical, he returned to classical music but did not wield the same level of influence as before.
In conjunction with critic and fellow nationalist Vladimir Stasov, in the late 1850s and early 1860s, Balakirev brought together the composers now known as The Five (a.k.a., The Mighty Handful) – the others were Alexander Borodin, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
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- Au Jardin (1)
- Berceuse (1)
- Capriccio (1)
- Da molchit vsyakaya plot 'Let all mortal flesh keep silence' (1)
- Golden Wheat (1)
- Gruzinskaya pesnya (Georgian song) (1)
- Impromptu on the themes of two Preludes by Chopin (1)
- In Bohemia (1)
- Islamey - Oriental Fantasy (12)
- King Lear - incidental music (1)
- L'Alouette (1)
- Mazurka No. 1 in A Flat (1)
- Mazurka No. 2 in C sharp minor (1)
- Mazurka No. 3 in B minor (2)
- Mazurka No. 4 in G flat minor (1)
- Mazurka No. 6 in A Flat (1)
- Mazurka No. 7 in E flat minor (2)
- Nad ozerom (Over the Lake) (1)
- Nocturne No. 2 in B minor (1)
- Nocturne No. 3 in D minor (3)
- Novelette (1)
- Octet, Op. 3 (1)
- On the Volga (2)
- Overture on three Russian Themes (3)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major (4)
- Piano Sonata in B flat minor (4)
- Pustinya (1)
- Romance (2)
- Scherzo No. 3 for Piano in F sharp major (1)
- Sonatina (Esquisses) in G (1)
- Spanish Melody (1)
- Spanish Serenade (1)
- Sredi tsvetov pori osenney (Mid Autumn Flowers) (1)
- Suite in B minor (1)
- Symphonic Poem 'Russia' (3)
- Symphonic Poem 'Tamara' (5)
- Symphony No. 1 in C major (3)
- Symphony No. 2 in D minor (3)
- Tarantelle in B (1)
- The Spinner in D Flat (1)
- Toccata (1)
- Waltz No. 3 in D - Valse Impromptu (1)
- Waltz No. 6 in F sharp minor (2)
- Waltz No. 7 in G sharp minor (1)
- Waltz No.4 in B flat (2)
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