The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship

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The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship is the first movement of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade, depicting the adventurous voyages of the sailor Sinbad through vivid orchestral storytelling.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral movement
programmatic music
symphonic movement
associatedWork Scheherazade
basedOn One Thousand and One Nights NERFINISHED
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
surface form: tales of Sinbad the Sailor
composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
composerStyle Russian Romantic
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
depicts Sinbad the Sailor
sea voyage
ship at sea
featuresInstrument brass
harp
percussion
solo violin
woodwinds
followedBy The Story of the Kalendar Prince
genre orchestral program music
symphonic suite movement
hasTheme adventure
sea imagery
storytelling by Scheherazade
key E minor
languageOfTitle English
movementNumber 1
narrativeFunction depicts the sea and Sinbad’s ship through orchestral color
notableFeature prominent solo violin representing Scheherazade
rich orchestration and vivid tone painting
orchestration full symphony orchestra
originalLanguageOfTitle Russian
originalTitle The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship self-linksurface differs
surface form: Море и Синдбадов корабль
originalTitleTransliteration The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship self-linksurface differs
surface form: More i Sindbadov korabl’
partOf Scheherazade
partOfSeries movements of Scheherazade
precededBy none (first movement)
premiereLocation St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
premiereWorkContext premiere of Scheherazade
premiereYear 1888
publisher Bessel (as part of Scheherazade score)
timePeriodOfComposition 1888
typicalDuration approximately 9–10 minutes
typicalPerformanceContext concert hall
uses leitmotifs

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Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade movement The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
subject surface form: Scheherazade
The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship originalTitle The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Море и Синдбадов корабль
The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship originalTitleTransliteration The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: More i Sindbadov korabl’
The Story of the Kalendar Prince precededBy The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship