Question: which composer was a member of the russian five
Answer: Mily Balakirev ( 1837 -- 1910 ) Alexander Borodin ( 1833 -- 1887 ) , perhaps best known for Polovtsian Dances from his opera Prince Igor César Cui ( 1835 -- 1918 ) Modest Mussorgsky ( 1839 -- 1881 ) , perhaps best known for Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain Nikolai Rimsky - Korsakov ( 1844 -- 1908 ) , perhaps best known for his tone poem Scheherazade and The Flight of the Bumblebee from his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan