COMPOSER

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1844 - 1908

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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his fifteen operas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov has received more than 2,105,070 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is the 44th most popular composer (down from 43rd in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 48th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Composer.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is most famous for his operas, symphonies, and orchestral suites.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 44 out of 1,451. Before him are Jean Sibelius, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Sergei Prokofiev, Béla Bartók, Modest Mussorgsky, and Carl Maria von Weber. After him are Edward Elgar, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Aram Khachaturian, and Tomaso Albinoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 7. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Benz, Sarah Bernhardt, Anatole France, Paul Verlaine, and Mehmed V. After him are Bernadette Soubirous, Henri Rousseau, Ilya Repin, Umberto I of Italy, Mary Cassatt, and Ludwig Boltzmann. Among people deceased in 1908, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 3. Before him are Henri Becquerel, and Empress Dowager Cixi. After him are Guangxu Emperor, Grover Cleveland, Edmondo De Amicis, Randal Cremer, Carlos I of Portugal, Pablo de Sarasate, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Demetrius Vikelas, and Joseph Maria Olbrich.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 52 out of 3,761. Before him are Paul I of Russia (1754), Gustav Kirchhoff (1824), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Boris Pasternak (1890), Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919), and Andrei Sakharov (1921). After him are Georgy Malenkov (1902), Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), Vladimir the Great (958), Alexander Nevsky (1220), and Rurik (830).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 6. Before him are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), and Modest Mussorgsky (1839). After him are Alexander Scriabin (1871), Alexander Borodin (1833), Mily Balakirev (1837), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), and Sofia Gubaidulina (1931).

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