Talk:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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[edit] Orchestral
A well known peice that is attributed to Nikoli is Dance of the Tumblers, played often in middle and high school orchestras.
R: That's actually "Dance of the Skomorokhi" from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Snowmaiden, Act III. Perhaps the Workslist should include a sub-category for "famous orchestral excerpts." (Fifi)
[edit] List of Musical Works
In my Wikieducation today I learned about the proper use of lists. So I removed the prospective list of Rimsky's works from this article to create a proper list outside of it. Given that this was a major act of cleaning up the article, I removed the "clean-up" template that had been inserted this month. Mademoiselle Fifi 23:30, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Major Literary Works
The current listing of his literary works is missing the critical information about when he wrote them. The dates mostly refer to publication of editions, which is nice for currency, but we need to include when he wrote each and when they were FIRST published, please. --QwertyAZ 10:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
I've made a stab at revising to include some of this information, although exactly how it should be formatted remains unclear to me (a straight book-listing format doesn't necessarily "allow" for what an encyclopedia should provide in this regards). I'll look at some other samples in Wikipedia. --QwertyAZ 10:21, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The synesthesia question
I know that Scriabin had this, but this is the first time I have heard the R-K did too. The citation refers to a single book that apparently discusses the condition generally, which I have obviously not read. Is there some confusion here between Scriabin and R-K or did they both have it? Wspencer11 12:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- RK associated different tonalities with different colors. This was documented by Yastrebtsev. I'd have to do some more research to find out whether RK's perception of other aspects of music (instrumental timbres, etc.) had comparable effects on his senses. Mademoiselle Fifi 13:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
