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Scheherazade By Rimsky - Korsakov

By: CFOM
Written on July 26th, 2012
I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship II. The Kalendar Prince  III. The Young Prince and The Young Princess IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman. First Movement only


                Or if you have 42 minutes: the complete piece


A different version - which do you like best? The orchestra below is from Slovenia.
By: CFOM
Age: 70+ , Male
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  • JubeJube1231
    JubeJube1231

    I actually prefer the third movement!!!



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu0wsOzl84U

    Jul 27, 2012
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    • CFOM
      CFOM

      The third movement, "The Young Prince and the Young Princess,"is very soothing. I really like it but I really like to take my music in complete chunks - even if some bites don't move me as much as others.

      Jul 27, 2012
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  • sierra33
    sierra33

    This was pretty cool. The music is so involved. The vid was interesting too!

    Jul 27, 2012
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    • CFOM
      CFOM

      Absolutely spot-on, Ms. Sie

      Jul 27, 2012
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  • Experienced321
    Experienced321

    they say the great classical composers/conductors of music, have the mental discipline and capacities of a great mathematician/physicist, this is beautiful and regimented...

    Jul 26, 2012
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    • CFOM
      CFOM

      I believe that was Rimsky's actual profession.

      Jul 26, 2012
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    • CFOM
      CFOM

      I lied. According to the Great Wiki: For much of his life, Rimsky-Korsakov combined his composition and teaching with a career in the Russian military—at first as an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, then as the civilian Inspector of Naval Bands. He wrote that he developed a passion for the ocean in childhood from reading books and hearing of his older brother's exploits in the navy. This love of the sea might have influenced him to write two of his best-known orchestral works, the musical tableau Sadko (not his later opera of the same name) and Scheherazade. Through his service as Inspector of Naval Bands, Rimsky-Korsakov expanded his knowledge of woodwind and brass playing, which enhanced his abilities in orchestration. He passed this knowledge to his students, and also posthumously through a textbook on orchestration that was completed by his son-in-law, Maximilian Steinberg.

      Jul 27, 2012
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    • Experienced321
      Experienced321

      really like his stuff...they used to say oboes could cause insanity..any truth to that myth?

      Jul 27, 2012
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    • CFOM
      CFOM

      LOL - the thought that any musical instrument could cause insanity makes me laugh

      Jul 27, 2012
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