Rimsky-Korsakov, Georgi (Mikhailovich)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Georgi (Mikhailovich)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Georgi (Mikhailovich) , Russian musicologist and composer, grandson of Nikolai (Andreievich) Rimsky-Korsakov and nephew of Andrei (Nikolaievich) Rimsky-Korsakov; b. St. Petersburg, Dec. 26, 1901; d. there (Leningrad), Oct. 10, 1965. He was a student of Steinberg, Sokolov, Liapunov, and Nicolai at the St. Petersburg Cons. In 1927 he took his kandidat degree at the Leningrad Inst. of Theater and Music. From 1927 to 1962 he taught at the Leningrad Cons. In 1923 he founded a society for the cultivation of quarter tone music, and wrote some works in that system. He later experimented with electronic instruments, and was co-inventor of the Emeriton in 1930, which was capable of producing a complete series of tones at any pitch and of any chosen or synthetic tone color. He wrote solo pieces for the instrument. His other works include incidental music, film scores, Sym. (1925), Quintet for Clarinet, Horn, and String Trio (1925), 2 string quartets (1926, 1932), Octet for 2 Emeritons, 2 Clarinets, Bassoon, Violin, Viola, and Cello (1932), piano pieces, including 2 sonatas (1924, 1932), and choral music
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