Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Никола́й Андре́евич Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков; 18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1844 – 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration.
Sadko (musical tableau), Op.5 (1867 rev. 1891-92)
Dedicated to Mily Balakirev
Evgeny Svetlanov conducting the USSR Symphony Orchestra
Sadko (Russian: Садко) was a legendary hero of a Russian bylina (a traditional East Slavic oral narrative poem). A merchant and gusli musician from Novgorod, he is transported to the realm of the Sea King. There, he is to provide music to accompany the dance at the marriage of the King’s daughter. The dancing grows so frenzied that the surface of the sea billows and surges, threatening to founder the ships on it. To calm the sea, Sadko smashes his gusli. The storm dissipates and he reappears on the shore.
Publisher info:
Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1892). Plate 14646.
Reprinted:
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933). Edition 19845.
Copyright:
Public Domain