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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1844 - 1908

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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his fifteen operas. Scheherazade is an example of his frequent use of fairy-tale and folk subjects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is the 41st most popular composer (up from 44th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Russia (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Composer.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is most famous for his operas, symphonies, and orchestral suites.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 41 out of 1,451. Before him are Jean Sibelius, Béla Bartók, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Domenico Scarlatti, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Johann Strauss I. After him are Antonio Salieri, Gaetano Donizetti, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Orlande de Lassus, Tomaso Albinoni, and Modest Mussorgsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 5. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Benz, Sarah Bernhardt, and Anatole France. After him are Paul Verlaine, Bernadette Soubirous, Mehmed V, Ilya Repin, Henri Rousseau, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Menelik II. Among people deceased in 1908, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 3. Before him are Henri Becquerel, and Empress Dowager Cixi. After him are Grover Cleveland, Randal Cremer, Guangxu Emperor, Pablo de Sarasate, Demetrius Vikelas, Carlos I of Portugal, Edmondo De Amicis, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Jonas Lie.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 41 out of 3,761. Before him are Yul Brynner (1920), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Georgy Zhukov (1896), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), and Alexander I of Russia (1777). After him are Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Boris Pasternak (1890), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), and Modest Mussorgsky (1839).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 5. Before him are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), and Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873). After him are Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Alexander Borodin (1833), Alexander Scriabin (1871), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Mily Balakirev (1837), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), and Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904).

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