Russian music
Tchaikovsky's cultural tradition
Russian music encompasses the musical traditions and compositions originating from Russia, from Orthodox choral music and folk songs to the nationalist classical works of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
The term covers everything from balalaika ensembles to Soviet-era symphonies to contemporary pop: She studied Russian music at the conservatory.
- Swan LakeRomantic Russian ballet
- piano concertoWork for keyboard and orchestra
- balalaikaRussian triangular stringed instrument
- minor keyScale with lowered third
- ProkofievTwentieth-century Russian composer
Tchaikovsky · Stravinsky · Rachmaninoff · concert hall · Shostakovich · Rimsky-Korsakov · folk song · troika · vespers · liturgy
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Songs from that continent
Indian classical music · French music · Italian music · American music · Latin American music
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Sounds from the States
jazz · rock and roll · Motown · Broadway musicals · American folk music
Russian musicbossa nova
Lyrical Brazilian jazz-samba blend
Italian opera · reggae · calypso · bubblegum pop · Hawaiian music
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