Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov

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Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov
By Deveny Coleman
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Born and Raised

• He was born in a small provincial town of Tikhvin

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Special Talents

• Very talented on the piano

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Childhood

• When he was twelve he entered the Naval Academy
  in St. Petersburg to become a mariner following
  his brother.

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Family

• At the time of his birth his father was 60, his
  mother 42 and his brother was already a naval
  officer and was 22 years old.
• His father died in March 1862

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Education

• From 1856 to 1862, he attended the Naval Academy
  in St. Petersburg

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Starting His Career

• he began to go to operas, symphonic concerts and
  acquired a passion for music. During the last
  year of his studies at the Naval Academy, he
  began to compose a symphony. He was happy and
  dreamed to become a composer. He joined the group
  of young composers who later became known as the
  Mighty Five. This group, led by Balakirev, urged
  Russian composers to stress their national
  heritage in their music.

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Traveling Experiences

• He sailed on a three-year naval cruise, during
  which he visited Germany, England, The United
  States of America (where he went on a trip to the
  Niagara Falls), Brazil, France and Spain.

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Accomplishments

• He completed his first symphony on board a ship.
• His operas and other musical works are admired
  not only in Russia but also abroad. In St.
  Petersburg there is a Ballet and Opera House
  named after him.

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Time of Death

• He had been seriously ill for some time then, and
  died on June, 21, 1908.
• He was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in
  St. Petersburg