Word: balakvirev
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...cruise visited the U. S. But all that time his thoughts were on music-on the sort that a small Jewish band had played on his father's estate when he was a child, on Russian folk themes which were forming the basis of the output of Balakvirev, Cui, Moussorgsky and Borodin, whose group he later joined. He even wrote music during his maritime period (he had always studied as much as his limited opportunities allowed) but it was uneven, unpolished. When he finally abandoned the navy, he studied unceasingly until he became an adept craftsman. It is related...
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