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S See also:GLINKA . N . de Rosen) . This was the turning-point, in See also:Glinka's See also:life,—for the See also:work was not only a See also:great success, but in a manner became the origin and basis of a See also:Russian school of See also:national See also:music . The See also:story is taken from the invasion of See also:Russia by the Poles See also:early in the 17th See also:century, and the See also:hero is a See also:peasant who sacrifices his life for the See also:tsar . Glinka has wedded this patriotic theme to inspiring music . His melodies, moreover, show distinct See also:affinity to the popular songs of the Russians, so that the See also:term "national" may justly be applied to them . His See also:appointment as imperial chapelmaster and conductor of the See also:opera of St See also:Peters-See also:burg was the See also:reward of his dramatic successes . His second opera Russian and Lyudmila, founded on See also:Pushkin's poem, did not appear till 1842; it was an advance upon Life for the Tsar in its musical aspect, but made no impression upon the public . In the meantime Glinka wrote an See also:overture and four entre-actes to Kukolnik's See also:drama See also:Prince Kholmsky . In 1844 he went to See also:Paris, and his Jota Arragonesa (1847), and the symphonic work on See also:Spanish themes, Une Nuit a See also:Madrid, reflect the musical results of two years' sojourn in See also:Spain . On his return to St See also:Petersburg he wrote and arranged several pieces for the See also:orchestra, amongst which the so-called Kamarinskaya achieved popularity beyond the limits of Russia .
He also composed numerous songs and romances
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In 1857 he went abroad for the third See also:time; he now wrote his autobiography, orchestrated See also:Weber's Invitation a la valse, and began to consider a See also:plan for a musical version of See also:Gogol's Tarass-Boulba
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Abandoning the See also:idea and becoming absorbed in a See also:passion for ecclesiastical music he went to See also:Berlin to study the See also:ancient See also: |
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