Eminent Russian composer (1844-1908) best known for such brilliantly orchestrated works as Scheherazade and for operatic staples like Sadko, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, and The Golden Cockerel. Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 cabinet photo of Rimsky-Korsakov in a dignified half-length pose, signed in black ink in Cyrillic, adding the date below, "5 [April] 1905." Affixed to its original studio mount. The image itself is in fine condition; the mount shows light staining, edge wear, and tack holes to its top and bottom edges. As part of the 1905 Russian Revolution, student demonstrations took place in the St. Petersburg Conservatory where Rimsky-Korsakov served as professor of musical composition, harmony, and orchestration. A lifelong liberal politically, Rimsky-Korsakov defended the actions of the students in a letter dated April 5, 1905. Another letter demanding the resignation of the head of the Conservatory ultimately resulted in the expulsion of nearly one hundred Conservatory students and the removal of Rimsky-Korsakov from his professorship.
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