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Borodin
Tchaikovsky
Mussorgsky
Rimsky-Korsakov
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The
beautiful city of Saint Peterburg
(most westerners calls it Saint Petersburg) is most important in the Russian
history art, music and architecture. It was the place were the most important
Russian composers, such as Borodin,
Mussorgsky,
and Tchaikovsky,
composed their premier works and lectured in the Conservatoire
of Music of Saint Peterburg.
The Musical Instruments Collection
(in Zubov Palace) was founded in 1902 and is located in the historic center
of St. Peterburg. The collection exhibits Russian folk instruments and
some exotic instruments from Japan, China, Siberia, Indonesia, and Africa.
The
Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Museum
(28, Zagorodny Str.) was inaugurated in 1969 where the great composer spent
the last 15 years of his life. Here he composed many of his greatest works.
On Wednesdays there is music in the museum and visitors can enjoy a cup
of tea in the dining room of Rimsky-Korsakov.
Opera lovers can visit the museum here, devoted to the
great artist and opera
singer, Fyodor Chalyapin. In the Chalyapin Memorial
Apartment
visitors can see many of his personal belongings, a collection of his own
drawings and portraits.
In the State Hermitage
which ranks among the world’s most outstanding art museums, you will see
some musical paintings we show you in MusiXCool©, such as the "The
Lute Player"
painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
and the "Concert of Women".
A few of the most important Russian composers and musicians
are buried in the Alexander Nevskii Monastery cemetary
in Saint Peterburg. Among them Borodin,
Rimsky-Korsakov,
Tchaikovsky,
and Mussorgsky.
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