Word: glinka
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Moussorgsky and César Cui-five famed followers of Michail Glinka, who first turned his back on Western music, took inspiration from Russian legends, folk tunes...
Great Russian writers are Gogol, Tolstoy, Turgeniev, Dostoievsky-products all of the first days when Russia dared declare herself artistically, when French frippery first seemed foolish and the longings of the Slavic soul important. Great Russian composers are Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Moussorgsky. They too with Glinka. Balakirev and Cui were pioneers in the school of realism. Yet compared with the less Russian Tchaikovsky their fame has spread so slowly that even today outside Russia Moussorgsky is known for his Boris Godounov alone and that in the refined version of Rimsky-Korsakov made popular by Basso Feodor Chaliapin...
...program of purely Russian music will be given at the Pops tonight. The program follows: Overture to "Russlan and Ludmilla" Glinka "Khovantchina," Prelude Moussorgsky Prelude in C-sharp minor Rachmaninoff Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor" Borodin Symphony No. 6 in B minor, "Pathetic," Tchaikovsky Op. 74 Adagio; Allegro non troppo Allegro con grazia Allegro molto vivace Finale; Adagio Iamentoso Kikimora, A Fairy Legend Liadov Berceuse from "The Fire-Bird" Stravinsky Caprice on Spanish Themes Rimsky-Korsakov...
...following program will be presented at the Pops Concert at Symphony Hall tonight. Old Dances and Airs for the Lute (freely arranged) Respight Largo Handel (Solo, violin, harp, organ and strings) Minuet from Septet Beethoven Overture to Cinderella Rossini Kamarinskula Glinka Fantasy on two Serbian Themes Rimsky-Korsakov Suite from "The Fire-Bird," a Danced Legend Stravinsky Third Slavonic Dance Dvorak "Spring" for String Orchestra Greig Second Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt
...following program will be given at the Pops concerts tonight at 8:15 o'clock. Overture to "Der Freischuts" Weber Entrance of the Guests into the Wartburge from "Tannhauser" Wagner Simmon College Chorus Overture to "Russlan and Ludmilla" Glinka "A Night on Bald Mountain," Orchestral Fantasy Moussorgsky Berceuse Cui Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor" Borodin Intermezzo, "L'Amico Fritz" Mascagni Ballet of the Hours from "La Gioconda" Ponchielli Overture to "Nabucco" Verdi