Russian Easter Overture
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Product ID: TE1 10200102
By Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
Publisher:
Tempo Press
Series:
Sandra Dackow Editions
Genre:
Romantic Era
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Level: 4
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In the Russian Orthodox Church, Easter is not only
celebrated on a different date than in the West, but also in a different
way, which the composer sought to represent in his Russian Easter
Overture. This work reflects his fascination with the legends and
rituals of early-Christian Russia. The work is based on actual
liturgical themes, which Rimsky-Korsakov found in a collection of old
Russian Orthodox canticles.
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Composer
Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov (1844-1908)
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Никола́й Андре́евич Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov, Russian pronunciation: [nʲɪkəˌlaj ˌrʲim.skʲɪj ˈkorsəkəf], 18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1844,[a 1] – 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five.[a 2] He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are considered staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his 15 operas. Scheherazade is an example of his frequent use of fairy tale and folk subjects.
Rimsky-Korsakov believed, as did fellow composer Mily Balakirev and critic Vladimir Stasov, in developing a nationalistic style of classical music. This style employed Russian folk song and lore along with exotic harmonic, melodic and rhythmic elements in a practice known as musical orientalism, and eschewed traditional Western compositional methods. However, Rimsky-Korsakov appreciated Western musical techniques after he became a professor of musical composition, harmony and orchestration at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1871. He undertook a rigorous three-year program of self-education and became a master of Western methods, incorporating them alongside the influences of Mikhail Glinka and fellow members of The Five.
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