| Recorded 1929 Transfer by Bill Anderson - many thanks for all his work! Found at www.78rpmcommunity.com/profile/billanderson Albert Coates (23 April 1882 --11 December 1953) was an English conductor and composer. Born in Saint Petersburg where his English father was a successful businessman, he studied in Russia, England and Germany, before beginning his career as a conductor in a series of German opera houses. He was a success in England at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in 1919 was appointed chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) One of the Five, the leading group of 19th century Russian nationalist composers, Rimsky-Korsakov embarked at first on a career as a naval officer, later resigning to devote himself entirely to music. He was proficient as an orchestrator, completing and revising works such as Borodin's opera Prince Igor and much of the seemingly uneven writing of Mussorgsky. A teacher, his pupils including the young Stravinsky. Most generally known for his orchestral compositions, Rimsky-Korsakov wrote operas, songs and choral music, chamber music and works for piano. His textbook on orchestration has been widely if not always wisely used. May Night Based on the story, Mayskaya noch', ili Utoplennitsa (May Night, or The Drowned Maiden), by Nickolay Vasil'yevich Gogol (1809 - 1852), Rimsky-Korsakov's Mayskaya noch (May Night) was written after he had recently completed two large collections ... |
