Impromptu
Impromptu · in B major · Op. 11, No. 1
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844–1908
B major
Key
Impromptu
Form
Op. 11, No. 1
Catalogue
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Themes & character
Opens the Op. 11 set·Rare solo piano writing·Lyrical character·Composed 1870s
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 11, No. 1
- Key
- B major
- Form
- Impromptu
About the piece
The first of Rimsky-Korsakov's Four Pieces, Op. 11, composed in the 1870s. Solo piano music is a small corner of his output: he is remembered above all for orchestral works such as Scheherazade and for his brilliance as an orchestrator.
These piano pieces come from the period when, having been appointed a conservatory professor while privately convinced he lacked the technical training for the post, he set about teaching himself harmony and counterpoint in earnest.
The composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1844–1908
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his fifteen operas. Scheherazade is an example of his frequent use of fairy-tale and folk subjects. He was the husband of the composer Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova.
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