Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If composers were emoji ... I think we know who he'd be. #JusticeForSalieri
This was requested by YouTubers Glen Sheppard, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Michael Wu, keon, Sean Ramsdell, and E B. See all requests at lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581, performed by Anthony McGill with A Far Cry and Musicians from Marlboro and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/ydcmq2tj
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Unknown Artist: Mozart’s New Booty: [original upload: OMoyvHwPCrU]
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If composers were emoji ... I think we know who he'd be. #JusticeForSalieri
This was requested by YouTubers Glen Sheppard, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Michael Wu, keon, Sean Ramsdell, and E B. See all requests at lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581, performed by Anthony McGill with A Far Cry and Musicians from Marlboro and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/ydcmq2tj
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Unknown Artist: Mozart’s New Booty: [original upload: OMoyvHwPCrU]
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Questions and comments can be directed to:
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![Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Mastermind of Orchestration [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 6/6]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lh2_sFNJCYQ/mqdefault.jpg "Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Mastermind of Orchestration [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 6/6]
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“My Musical Life” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
“Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Use of the ‘Byliny’ (Russian Oral Epic Narratives) in his Opera ‘Sadko’” by Brian Reeve (PhD Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2005): http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28574/1/430618.pdf
“Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Antar’ Symphony: A Biographical and Analytical Study” by Nicolas Krusek (MA Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014)
“Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and His Orient” by Adalyat Issiyeva
“An operatic premonition in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Musical Tableau ‘Sadko,’ Op. 5” by Mark Biggins: http://www.markbiggins.com/images/media/rk.pdf
https://cso.org/uploadedFiles/1_Tickets_and_Events/Program_Notes/ProgramNotes_RimskyKorsakov_Scheherazade.pdf
https://cso.org/uploadedfiles/1_tickets_and_events/program_notes/programnotes_rimskykorsakov_russianeaster.pdf
http://www.theclassicalgirl.com/rimsky-korsakovs-magical-scheherazade/
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (1888), performed by the University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barbara Schubert and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/CN-Rimsky
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![César Cui: Critic & General [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 4/6]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nL0s78uC844/mqdefault.jpg "César Cui: Critic & General [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 4/6]
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Story, Style, and Structure in the Operas of César Cui” by Lyle K. Neff (PhD Dissertation, Indiana University, 2002): https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/24419/Neff%2C%20Lyle%20 %20operas%20of%20Cesar%20Cui%20%282002%29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
“Russian Elements in Selected Piano Compositions of Cesar Cui (1835–1918)” by Raymond Teele Ryder (DMA Dissertation, University of Arizona, 2001): https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/280753/azu_td_3016468_sip1_m.pdf?sequence=1
http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/russmus/cui/cuibio.html
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/C%C3%A9sar-Cui/Composer/2603-1
http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/c.php?g=353115&p=2383522
https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/c/co-cz/cesar-cui/
http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/C%C3%A9sar_Cui
https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA706&lpg=PA706&source=bl&ots=KWcMrPO2P1&sig=ACfU3U2FTnoCGCBeT1_AWUaVLZYETsrMUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY qlq5joAhUon-AKHazKDooQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- César Cui: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 68, performed by Steve’s Bedroom Band and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/CesarCuiSQ2
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Alexander Borodin: Composer & Chemist [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 3/6]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o32ir_CNHSc/mqdefault.jpg "Alexander Borodin: Composer & Chemist [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 3/6]
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📚 Sources/further reading:
http://www.chtf.stuba.sk/~szolcsanyi/education/files/Organicka%20chemia%20II/Prednaska%205_Aldehydy%20a%20ketony_Reakcie%20II/Doplnkove%20studijne%20materialy/Aldol%20reactions/Alexander%20Borodin%20-%20Composer%20and%20Chemist.pdf
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/548e5731e4b0f0fc25d6231a/t/5ac75e57562fa746f588635a/1523015256465/Borodin+String+Quartet+2+Program+Notes.pdf
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/16978/Dailey%2C%20Sara%20S.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://dl1.cuni.cz/pluginfile.php/424466/mod_resource/content/1/borodin.pdf
https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0042-8450/2013/0042-84501302233I.pdf
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2, performed by members of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/BorodinSQ
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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