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Mily Balakirev

1837 - 1910

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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (UK: bə-LA(H)K-i-rev, US: BAH-lah-KEER-ef; Russian: Милий Алексеевич Балакирев, pronounced [ˈmʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪdʑ bɐˈlakʲɪrʲɪf] ; 2 January 1837 [O.S. 21 December 1836] – 29 May [O.S. 16 May] 1910) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mily Balakirev is the 112th most popular composer, the 128th most popular biography from Russia (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Composer.

Mily Balakirev is most famous for his work with Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was a Russian composer, pianist, and teacher. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Mily Balakirev ranks 112 out of 1,451. Before him are Léo Delibes, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Alma Mahler, Domenico Cimarosa, Mikhail Glinka, and Zoltán Kodály. After him are Muzio Clementi, Francisco Tárrega, Paul Hindemith, György Ligeti, Carlo Gesualdo, and Manuel de Falla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Mily Balakirev ranks 8. Before him are Mary Harris Jones, Alois Hitler, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Grover Cleveland, Fredrik Bajer, and Wild Bill Hickok. After him are J. P. Morgan, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Yohannes IV, Cosima Wagner, and Pedro V of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1910, Mily Balakirev ranks 13. Before him are Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, William James, Henri Rousseau, Nadar, O. Henry, and Giovanni Schiaparelli. After him are Chulalongkorn, Johann Gottfried Galle, Marius Petipa, Luigi Lucheni, Léon Walras, and An Jung-geun.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mily Balakirev ranks 128 out of 3,761. Before him are Feodor III of Russia (1661), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Sergey Kirov (1886), and Vasili IV of Russia (1552). After him are Andrey Kolmogorov (1903), Pavel Cherenkov (1904), Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), Vasily Chuikov (1900), Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857), and Valery Legasov (1936).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Mily Balakirev ranks 10. Before him are Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Alexander Borodin (1833), Alexander Scriabin (1871), and Mikhail Glinka (1804). After him are Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), Otto Nicolai (1810), Alfred Schnittke (1934), Anton Arensky (1861), and Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883).

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