Word: porfirievitch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Special excitement came when Violinist Efrem Zimbalist marked his homecoming by soloing in the Glazunov Concerto. But the festival's high mark was the Opera's performance of Prince Igor, because the festival was given to commemorate the birthday centenary of Prince Igor's composer- Alexander Porfirievitch Borodin. Soviets approve Borodin's music as vigorous, direct, heroic, with a true Russian flavor unblemished by oldtime Russian melancholy. Alexander Porfirievitch was a sane and optimistic artist. As the bastard son of a Prince of Imeretia he never had to worry for his livelihood. His father received...
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