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Alexander Porfilievich Borodin

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Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Romanized: Aleksandr Porfiryevich Borodin; November 12, 1833 – February 27, 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist. One of the major Russian composers of national music at the end of the 19th century. He formed a powerful group with Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Guy, and Mussorgsky.

Category
Musicians
Nationality
russian empire
Born
1833-10-31
Died
1887-02-15
Wikidata
Q164004
Occupations classical music composerchemistpianistCellistdoctoropera composercomposermusician
Aliases Aleksandr Porfir'evich BorodinAlexander Porfiryevich BorodinAleksandr Porfir'yevich BorodinAlexander BorodinAlexander Porfiryevich BorodinAlexandre BorodineAlexandre Porfirievitch BorodineAlexander Porfilievich BorodinAlexander BorodinAlexander Porfilievich BorodinAlexander Porfilievich BorodinAlexander BorodinBorodinBorodinBorodin

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telefunken_alexander_borodin_polovtsian_dances_TC_8007_side_1 cover telefunken_alexander_borodin_polovtsian_dances_TC_8007_side_1 Related book · relationship unverified Alexander Borodin English · Not yet rated Onegin 1986 A Guide To Playing The Bayan cover Onegin 1986 A Guide To Playing The Bayan Related book · relationship unverified Onegin, Alexei Yevseyevich (b. 1920); Alexander Alyabyev; Bach; Beethoven; Belov, Vladimir Alexeyevich (b. 1925); Berens Hermann (1826-1880); Georges Bizet; Alexander Borodin; Nikolai Chaikin; Cheremukhin, Mikhail (1900-1983); E. Chernyavskaya; Czerny, Carl; Isaac Dunaevsky; Dvarionas, Balys, 1904-1972; Alexander Fliarkovsky (1931-2014); Gedike, Aleksandr Fedorovich, 1877-1957; Reinhold Glière; Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka; Gnesina, Elena Fabianvna, 1874-1967; Gorokhov Viktor Glebovich; Huseynli, Gambar 1916-1961; Handel; Järnefelt, Edvard Armas 1869-1858; Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich, 1904-1987; Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov; Kirnberger, Johann; Kuhlau, Friedrich, 1786-1832; D. Levidov; Lyadov, Anatoly; Lyapunov, Sergei Mykhailovich, 1859-1924; Samuel Moiseyevich Maykapar (1867–1938); I. Motzovsky; Osokin, Mikhail Alekseevich, 1903-1995; Rachmaninoff; Nikolai Rakov; Rameau; Rauchberger M.; Rebikov, Vladimir; Rubinstein, Anton; A. Rybalkin; Saint-Saëns; Rodion Shchedrin; Shchurovsky, Yuri Serhiyovych 1927-1996; Schytte, Ludwig (1848-1909); Schubert; Bedrich Smetana; Sperontes; Tchaikovsky; Telemann; Tyshkevich, Georgy Titovich (1907-1993); Giuseppe Verdi; Carl Maria von Weber; Oleksandr Zhylinskyi (1955-2020) · 1986 English · Not yet rated Pieces For Bayan Ensembles 2 cover Pieces For Bayan Ensembles 2 Related book · relationship unverified Konyayev, Sergueï Akimovitch, 1923-2007; E. Maksimov; Alexander Borodin; Kuznetsov, Yevgueny Dmitriyevich (b. 1922); Rachmaninoff; A. Salin; Vladimir Grigorievitch Zakharov (1901-1956) · 1961 English · Not yet rated Concert Repertoire For Bayanists 4 cover Concert Repertoire For Bayanists 4 Related book · relationship unverified Modest Mussorgsky; Londonov Pyotr; Zhurbin, Aleksandr Borisovich; Alexander Borodin; Volkov Kirill (b. 1943); Igor Stravinsky; Rachmaninoff · 1982 English · Not yet rated Excerpts From Classical Operas Arranged For Bayan cover Excerpts From Classical Operas Arranged For Bayan Related book · relationship unverified Gulak Artemovsky; Stanisław Moniuszko, 1815-1872; Alexander Borodin; Tchaikovsky; Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka · 1963 English · Not yet rated Anthology For Bayan Ensembles 4 cover Anthology For Bayan Ensembles 4 Related book · relationship unverified Edvard Grieg; Rachmaninoff; Tchaikovsky; Rimsky-Korsakov; Balakirev, Mily; Alexander Borodin; Johan Severin Svendsen (1840–1911) · 1958 English · Not yet rated Alexandre Borodine, 1834-1887 : biographie cover Alexandre Borodine, 1834-1887 : biographie Related book · relationship unverified Berberova, Nina Nikolaevna · 1989 English · Not yet rated Alexandre Borodine, d'apres la biographie et la correspondance publiees cover Alexandre Borodine, d'apres la biographie et la correspondance publiees Related book · relationship unverified Habets, Alfred, 1839-1908; Stasov, V. V. (Vladimir Vasilʹevich), 1824-1906 · 1893 English · Not yet rated

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