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Mily Balakirev

1837 - 1910

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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (UK: bə-LA(H)K-i-rev, US: BAH-lah-KEER-ef; Russian: Милий Алексеевич Балакирев, pronounced [ˈmʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪdʑ bɐˈlakʲɪrʲɪf] ; 2 January 1837 [O.S. 21 December 1836] – 29 May [O.S. 16 May] 1910) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian composers, notably Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He began his career as a pivotal figure, extending the fusion of traditional folk music and experimental classical music practices begun by composer Mikhail Glinka. In the process, Balakirev developed musical patterns that could express overt nationalistic feeling. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mily Balakirev has received more than 469,774 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia. Mily Balakirev is the 108th most popular composer (down from 97th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Russia (down from 114th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Composer.

Mily Balakirev is most famous for his work with Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was a Russian composer, pianist, and teacher. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Mily Balakirev ranks 108 out of 1,216Before him are Joaquín Rodrigo, Benjamin Britten, Muzio Clementi, Mikhail Glinka, Francis Poulenc, and Francisco Tárrega. After him are Heinrich Schütz, Adolphe Adam, Alma Mahler, Giulio Caccini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Manuel de Falla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Mily Balakirev ranks 6Before him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Alois Hitler, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Grover Cleveland, and J. P. Morgan. After him are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Fredrik Bajer, Cosima Wagner, Adam Opel, Marie François Sadi Carnot, and Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Among people deceased in 1910, Mily Balakirev ranks 11Before him are Henry Dunant, William James, Edward VII, Henri Rousseau, Nadar, and O. Henry. After him are Marius Petipa, Luigi Lucheni, Léon Walras, Chulalongkorn, Johann Gottfried Galle, and Giovanni Schiaparelli.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mily Balakirev ranks 135 out of 3,262Before him are Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), Alexei Rykov (1881), Alexander Kolchak (1874), Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), and Georgi Plekhanov (1856). After him are Felix Yusupov (1887), Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), and Walther Funk (1890).

Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Mily Balakirev ranks 10Before him are Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Alexander Scriabin (1871), Alexander Borodin (1833), and Mikhail Glinka (1804). After him are Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Alfred Schnittke (1934), Otto Nicolai (1810), and Anton Arensky (1861).