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Also Known As Aleksandr Porfiryevich Borodin
Born November 12, 1833 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died February 27, 1887 (aged 53) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Notable Works “Polovtsian Dances” • “Prince Igor” • “Symphony No. 1 in E Flat Major”
Movement / Style Romanticism • nationalistic music • Russia • The Five
Subjects Of Study aldehyde

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Mikhail Glinka.
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Antonín Dvořák.
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Russian composer
Nikolay Tcherepnin.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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German composer
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Franz Liszt
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Hector Berlioz
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Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
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Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
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Felix Mendelssohn
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