Alexander Borodin Sheet Music
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (b. November 12, 1833 in St. Petersburg, † February 27, 1887 in St. Petersburg), short Alexander Borodin, was a Russian natural scientist and physician, but rather gained international fame through his compositional work. Although his musical style can certainly still be classified as Romantic (he became a member of the national Russian group the "Russian Five" also called "Mighty Group", whose style is also called epic Romantic), echoes of Impressionism are already noticeable in Borodin's colorful works; elements of Russian folk music can be found in his music, and broader Oriental influences (Eastern themes) can also be detected, especially in his opera Prince Igor, whose plot is partly set among the people of the Polovets (Mongolia). Their Polovetzer dances were so successful that they – like today's singles – were published separately and variously adapted.
Borodin's oeuvre also includes three symphonies and the symphonic poem A Steppe Sketch of Central Asia, 10 chamber music and eight Klavierwerke, 16 songs and the Serenade of 4 Cavaliers for a Lady (a quartet for 4 male voices with piano accompaniment), as well as transcriptions for piano four hands of his own compositions. Numerous composition fragments were not completed by Borodin, many of which are considered lost.
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