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Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Unusually calm seas strand a Russian naval sailing ship off the port of Morocco. On shore leave, young midshipman and aspiring composer Nicolas Rimsky-Korakov meets the luminous Cara, a mysterious dancer whose poignant life reminds him of the fables "Scheherazade," the tragic heroine of 1001 Arabian Nights. Nicholas feelings for Cara inspire his most passionate work, but their romance seems doomed when the navy forces Cara to remain in Morocco and...
Author
Publisher
Amadeus Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is one of Russia's great musical figures. Although largely self-taught, he became a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and one of the famed “Mighty Handful” of Russian nationalist composers. Works like Scheherazade and Capriccio Espagnol remain popular, as does his textbook on orchestration. His influence extended from students like Stravinsky and Prokofiev to non-Russian composers such as Debussy, Dukas, and...
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