Balakirev
Americannoun
noun
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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
During this brief period, he was besieged by visitors of every description, from the barest acquaintances, to men like Balakirev and Ostrovsky; and, to the general chagrin, all were alike refused.
From The Genius by Potter, Margaret Horton
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