Composers of Russia and the Soviet Union, from the nationalist circle known as The Five and its pupils to the twentieth century symphonists, whose operas, ballets and orchestral works drew on Russian folk song and fairy tale and on the pressures of Soviet life. The group includes the composer of Scheherazade, the composer of Peter and the Wolf and Romeo and Juliet, and the composer of the Leningrad Symphony and the Fifth, whose music was shaped by the state, the war and the Russian past.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Wikipedia)
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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.
Wikipedia: Sergei Prokofiev
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Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1891-5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the Soviet Union.
Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906-9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.
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