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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai Andreyevich
(Encyclopedia)Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai Andreyevich nyĭkəlī əndrāˈəvĭch rĭmˈskē-kôrˈsəkôf [key], 1844–1908, Russian composer; one of the group of nationalist composers called The Five. He prepared h...Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich mēkhəyēlˈ mēkhīˈləvĭch ēpəlyēˈtəf-ēväˈnəf [key], 1859–1935, Russian composer; pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov at the Moscow Conservatory. His work b...Nicolai, Otto
(Encyclopedia)Nicolai, Otto ôˈtō nēkōläˈē, nēˈkōlī [key], 1810–49, German composer. His opera Il Templario (1840), after Scott's Ivanhoe, was successful, but his masterpiece was the comic opera The Me...Sokoloff, Nicolai
(Encyclopedia)Sokoloff, Nicolai nyĭkəlīˈ sōˈkəlôfˌ [key], 1886–1965, American conductor and violinist, b. near Kiev, Russia. After studying at Yale and under Charles Martin Loeffler, he toured France and...Arensky, Anton Stepanovich
(Encyclopedia)Arensky, Anton Stepanovich əntônˈ styĭpäˈnəvĭch ärĕnˈskē [key], 1861–1906, Russian composer; pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. After 1882 he taught at the Mosc...Hartmann, Nicolai
(Encyclopedia)Hartmann, Nicolai nēˈkōlī [key], 1882–1950, German philosopher, b. Latvia. He taught at Marburg (1922–25), Cologne (1925–31), Berlin (1931–45), and Göttingen (1945–50). Abandoning his e...Respighi, Ottorino
(Encyclopedia)Respighi, Ottorino ôttōrēˈnō rāspēˈgē [key], 1879–1936, Italian composer, studied with Rimsky-Korsakov and Max Bruch. He was director (1924–25) of the Conservatory of St. Cecilia, Rome, a...Krylov, Ivan Andreyevich
(Encyclopedia)Krylov, Ivan Andreyevich ēvänˈ əndrāˈəvĭch krĭlôfˈ [key], 1769–1844, Russian fabulist. Some of his more than 200 fables were adapted from Aesop and La Fontaine, but most were original. A ...Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich
(Encyclopedia)Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich vəsēˈlyē əndrāˈəvĭch zho͞okôfˈskē [key], 1783–1852, Russian poet and translator. Zhukovsky wrote fine lyrics and odes, including the patriotic poem “The ...Suslov, Mikhail Andreyevich
(Encyclopedia)Suslov, Mikhail Andreyevich mēkhəyēlˈ əndrāˈyəvĭch so͝oslôfˈ [key], 1902–82, Soviet politician and ideologist. A Communist party member since 1921, he rose to prominence in the party hie...Browse by Subject
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