Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russia, 1861–1908

Master orchestrator of 'The Five'. Scheherazade and fifteen operas built on Russian fairy tale and folk song; his orchestration manual trained generations of composers.

Influenced by

• Mily Balakirev
• Hector Berlioz
• Mikhail Glinka
• Franz Liszt

Influenced

• Igor Stravinsky
• Anton Arensky
• Anatoly Lyadov
• Alexander Glazunov
• Nikolai Myaskovsky
• Sergei Prokofiev