Balakirev, Mily

International Music Score Library Project [IMSLP] entry: Mily Balakirev

Mily Balakirev [1837-1910] was a Russian composer, best known for his promotion of musical nationalism and for promoting other composers such as Tchaikovsky.

Piece	MP3	Midi	Genre
Islamey		MIDI	piano virtuoso
	Islamey, An Oriental Fantasy, Op. 18, is a notoriously difficult piece, dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein, and at one time said to be the most difficult ever composed; Ravel was said to have composed his Gaspard de la Nuit specifically to be harder to play, and Scriabin to have damaged his hand trying to practise it. Composed in 1869, it is in three sections; the first, Allegro agitato is based on a Circassian folk tune, the second is slower and comes from the Crimea, then the first tune returns. Sequenced from the PDF available on IMSLP.

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