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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

Ugly-faced, big-hearted Balakirev shook his convict head melancholy-wise.

From The Genius by Margaret Horton Potter

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