N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Biography of the composer

The works of Rimsky-Korsakov are characterized by their representativeness, they have a special purity of lyrics. All of them are connected with the fairy-tale world, with the life of the people, with the nature of Russia. It is also important to represent the eastern images in them.

N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Biography: childhood

The future composer was born in Tikhvin in March 1844. His father was a descendant of a noble family of noble family. Starting with the great-grandfather, who was the Rear Admiral of the fleet even under Elizaveta Petrovna, all his ancestors occupied important positions in the administration or in the army. Nick's music (the boy's name was the same) began to be taught from the age of six. But boring teachers could not instill in the child love for the subject.

N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Biography: departure to St. Petersburg

At the age of twelve, his father brought Nicholas to the northern capital and identified him as a cadet in the naval corps. His childhood dream came true. The boy was engaged with diligence, however in due course it has appeared, as customs here, and a drill - all to it is alien. In the same year, the cellist Ullich began to teach him how to play the piano. At the age of 16, Nikolai began to take lessons from FA Canilla, the famous pianist. Music pushed back to the background the naval work, which was very dissatisfied with the older brother of Nicholas. In addition, the young man joined the Balakirev circle in 1861. Rimsky-Korsakov was very glad that the music enthusiasts took him as an equal. In the same period, Nikolai is in grave loss - the death of his father. A year later, Rimsky-Korsakov set out to sail around the world. During the trip, he wrote only one Andante for the symphony.

Rimsky-Korsakov. Biography: 1865-1882 years

After returning home, he greedily makes up for everything that he missed during the voyage: he reads, plays, communicates, works on the First Symphony and performs it in a concert. In 1867, he composed "Sadko" for orchestra. This "musical picture" brought him real recognition. In the same period, love came to Nicholas. He is fascinated by Nadezhda Purgold, who together with her sister Alexandra performed works written by members of the circle. Further four years the composer is working on the opera "Pskovityanka." At this time, there were many exciting events: the elder brother died, in 1871 Nikolai began teaching at the Conservatory, in the same year Nadezhda Purhold became his bride. Returning from the wedding trip, the couple began to learn a new opera. In 1873 her premiere took place. The public approved the work. From 1873 to 1878, Rimsky-Korsakov was busy improving his own technique, as he felt significant gaps in his musical education. Members of the circle did not understand this zeal. They warned that technically perfect works would be an order of magnitude lower than those written by the soul. And it happened. The third symphony, performed in 1876, was accepted by the public and the press rather discreetly. And, finally, the long-awaited inspiration came to the composer: very quickly he wrote the opera "May Night". Right after her, Rimsky-Korsakov asked permission from Ostrovsky to use his play "The Snow Maiden" to compose music. The playwright gave his consent and was shocked by the result.

Rimsky-Korsakov. Biography: 1894-1902 years

During this period the composer began to work on the second opera on the plot of Gogol's works - "The Night Before Christmas". The next work, The Tsar's Bride, was taken ambiguously. But there was no end to the ovation, when in 1900 the "Tale of Tsar Saltan" came to life on the stage. It was written on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin.

A brief biography of Rimsky-Korsakov: recent years

The combination of composer and pedagogical activity could not but affect the health of Nikolai Andreyevich. However, this did not prevent him from writing his most innovative work - the opera Kashchei the Immortal. Next was the shock of the "bloody Sunday" of 1905. Students at the meeting demanded to stop their studies until the fall. Nikolai Andreevich supported them, for which he was dismissed. Behind him, expressing a protest in this way, many more professors left the conservatory. Since then, the thought of writing such an opera, in which tsarism could be exposed, did not leave Rimsky-Korsakov. In 1906, he began work on the Golden Cockerel. A year later the opera was written. The governor-general of Moscow opposed her staging, as he was wary of the satire's acuteness towards the tsar. Opera was still performed in 1909, but the composer did not see it. In June 1908, he died.