The Five
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The Five were a group of 19th-century Russian composers dedicated to creating a distinct national style of classical music, free from heavy Western European influence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Five canonical | 3 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian composers collective
ⓘ
group of composers ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Mighty Handful
NERFINISHED
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The New Russian School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
emphasis on originality and national character
ⓘ
rejection of strict academic rules of composition ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Russian musical nationalism
ⓘ
St. Petersburg music scene ⓘ |
| basedIn | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | conservatory-trained Western-style composers ⓘ |
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Russian Romantic era ⓘ |
| field | music composition ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| goal | create a distinct Russian national style of classical music ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped establish a national Russian school of composition ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Russian classical music
ⓘ
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian nationalist composers of the late 19th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Eastern liturgical chant
ⓘ
Orientalist musical elements ⓘ Russian folk music ⓘ |
| inspired |
programmatic orchestral works in Russia
ⓘ
use of folk melodies in Russian art music ⓘ |
| languageOfCulturalContext | Russian ⓘ |
| leader | Mily Balakirev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| member |
Alexander Borodin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
César Cui NERFINISHED ⓘ Mily Balakirev NERFINISHED ⓘ Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Russian nationalist music ⓘ |
| notableWorkByMembers |
Boris Godunov
NERFINISHED
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Pictures at an Exhibition NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Igor NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheherazade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | heavy Western European academic influence ⓘ |
| startTime | 1860s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Romantic period in music ⓘ |
| trainingBackground | largely self-taught or non-conservatory trained ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.