Educated at St. Petersburg Naval Academy, Rimsky-Korsakov's true interest was in music and he produced his First Symphony (Opus 1) while completing his naval training. He remained in the navy until 1873, when he resigned in order to dedicate himself to music, having, by that time, established himself as a composer. He taught at the St Petersburg Conservatoire and numbered Glazunov and Stravinsky among his many students. Among his best known works are The Snow Maiden (1882), Capriccio Espagnol (1887), the enchanting Sheherezade (1888), the Russian Easter Festival Overture (1888) and The Golden Cockerel (1909). |
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