Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1844–1908 · 19th century · 1 melody
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a composer and teacher from Tikhvin, a master of orchestral colour. Melody you can play here: Scheherazade (The Young Prince and the Young Princess).
Scheherazade (1888) is a symphonic suite based on The Thousand and One Nights, with a solo violin as the storyteller. He also wrote The Flight of the Bumblebee and taught composition in Saint Petersburg.