Romanticism · Russia
1833 – 1887
St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg
Review
A prestigious chemist and professor at the Médico-Surgical Academy of St. Petersburg, composed in his free times; he himself was called «Sunday composer». He was a member of the Group of Five and a strong advocate of the medical training of women.
His music, of wide melodies and oriental air, took years to complete. His opera Prince Igor was unfinished and finished by Rimski-Kórsakov and Glazunov.
Main works
- Symphony No. 2 in case of minor (1876)
- In the steppes of Central Asia (1880)
- String Quartet No. 2, with the Night (1881)
- Opera Prince Igor, with the Polovtsian Dances (premiered in 1890)
