There is some confusion over the numbering of this composer's symphonies because he originally labeled one piece as his second symphony and later stated, it was "a poem, suite, fairy tale, story, anything you like, but not a symphony".
There is some confusion over the numbering of this composer's symphonies because he originally labeled one piece as his second symphony and later stated, it was "a poem, suite, fairy tale, story, anything you like, but not a symphony". That piece is now considered a symphonic suite named Antar. This composer attempted to edit the works of Mikhail Glinka, and he heavily utilized the oboe in his Variations in G minor on a theme by Glinka. One of his pieces, which asks the violins and violas to play one section as guitars, is Capriccio Espagnol. Another, subtitled Overture on Liturgical Themes, is the Russian Easter Festival Overture. Name this composer of Scheherazade whose opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan includes the interlude "Flight of the Bumblebee".
There is some confusion over the numbering of this composer's symphonies because he originally labeled one piece as his second symphony and later stated, it was "a poem, suite, fairy tale, story, anything you like, but not a symphony".
Nikolai (Andreyevich) Rimsky-Korsakov