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Balakirev

American  
[buh-lah-kuh-ruhf, buh-lah-kyir-yif] / bəˈlɑ kə rəf, bəˈlɑ kjɪr jɪf /

noun

  1. Mili Alekseevich 1837–1910, Russian composer.


Balakirev British  
/ baˈlakirɪf /

noun

  1. Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs

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Mr. Balakirev decided to stay and start a real estate agency.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2023

Saturday night’s concert draws on the conductor Leon Botstein’s uncommon breadth of interests, with music by Tchaikovsky, Balakirev and Serov, as well as Taneyev’s Symphony No. 4 and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Piano Concerto.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2018

On May 22, "The Mighty Five" offers a grouping of composers drawing on Russian folk idiom, including Balakirev, Cui, Borodin, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2011

His first love was the colouristic virtuosity of composers such as Balakirev, Busoni, Scriabin and Rachmaninov, some of the most difficult piano music ever written.

From The Guardian Apr. 22, 2010

By swift degrees he ceased his intimacy with them all: Laroche, Kashkine, Balakirev, nay, Nicholas himself.

From The Genius by Potter, Margaret Horton

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