Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Andreevich
(1844–1908)
NIKOLAI ANDREEVICH RIMSKY-KORSAKOVRIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAI ANDREEVICHNIKOLAI ANDREEVICH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV [* 1844-† 1908] Whereas CHAIKOVSKY established a norm for the teaching of harmony in Moscow, Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov ruled in St. Petersburg [Leningrad], where he served on the faculty at the Conservatory and at the school of the Imperial Court Capella. A strict regimen was followed at the Conservatory. Though every composition student began with the study of harmony, only a few…