Mili BALAKIREV (1837-1910)
June 2010
Milii Alexeevich Balakirev (1837 -1910) was the doyen and mentor of the composers of the “New Russian Musical School” – Borodin, Cui, Musorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov – also known as the “Mighty Handful” (moguchaia kuchka), the title inadvertently given them in 1867 by the critic Vladimir Stasov. The drawing of the composer was made in 1907 by the artist Lev Samoilovich Bakst (1866-1924), and here is in the form of postcard No 3065, as issued by the Community of St. Eugene in 1908.
1. Tamara. Symphonic poem after a poem by Lermontov. Moscow, [1884].
2. Islamey. Fantaisie orientale pour piano. Nouvelle édition. Hambourg, 1897.
3. Islamey. Fantaisie orientale pour piano. Nouvelle édition. Moscou, Leipzig, [a reissue c.1908 after an edition first published in 1889].
1. Valse di bravura pour le piano. Leipzig, etc., [1900].
2. 5ème Valse pour le piano. Leipzig, etc., [1903].
3. Reminiscences de l’opéra ‘La Vie pour le Czar’ … pour le piano. Leipzig, etc., [1899].
1. 6ème Valse pour le piano. Leipzig, etc., [1903].
2. La Fileuse. Morceau caractéristique pour le piano. Leipzig, etc., 1906.
3. 7ème Mazurka pour le piano. Leipzig, etc., 1906.
