Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was a Russian composer, conductor, pedagogue, musicologist, pianist and music educator (1836–1910). He was born at Nizhny Novgorod and died at Saint Petersburg.
Also recorded as Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev.
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev in brief
- Born
- 1836
- Died
- 1910
- Known for
- composer, conductor, pedagogue, musicologist, pianist and music educator
- Place of birth
- Nizhny Novgorod
Contents
Formation and teaching
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev studied at Kazan Imperial University and Nizhny Novgorod Institute of nobility. He trained under Alexandre Dubuque.
As a teacher, Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev is recorded in connection with Fedir Yakymenko and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Career and activity
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev worked in music, piano, conducting and music education.
He was employed by Saint Petersburg – Warsaw Railway, Saint Petersburg Court Capella and Free Music School. He belonged to The Five. He worked at Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Warsaw.
Identity
What the record establishes about Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev.
Indexed under Legal case studies and regulations, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Educational Robotics and Engineering. Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev is recorded as having received Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class and Order of Saint Stanislaus. Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev is recorded as composer, conductor, pedagogue, musicologist and pianist. Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev is recorded with the citizenship of Russian Empire. OpenAlex establishes this heading under the identifier A5091093525. Open Library catalogues 1 work under this name.
Symphony No. 1 is dated 1898. Tamara is dated 1882.
Activity and practice
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev is recorded as having studied at Kazan Imperial University and Nizhny Novgorod Institute of nobility.
Catalogued works
14 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service. Their recorded dates run from 1882 to 1898.
Islamey. Piano Sonata No. 2. Symphony No. 1, dated 1898. Symphony No. 2. Tamara, dated 1882. Piano Concerto No. 1. Piano Concerto No. 2. Thamar. Russia. Toccata. Capriccio (Balakirev). Piano Sonata No. 1. Grand Fantasy on Russian Folksongs. Balakirev: Symphony No. 2/Russia.
Literature
4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Balakirev, Mily Alekseyevich, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Mily Balakirev (1837–1910), The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music, 2019. MILY BALAKIREV, The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music, 2018. MILY BALAKIREV, ON THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH, The Musical Quarterly, 1937.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 1 indexed publications (OpenAlex) and 64 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev studied at Kazan Imperial University and Nizhny Novgorod Institute of nobility. training under Alexandre Dubuque is recorded. Fedir Yakymenko and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov are recorded as having studied under Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev. the recorded working language is Russian.
The field of work recorded is music, piano and conducting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are symphony.
Residence is recorded at Saint Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Employment is recorded with Saint Petersburg – Warsaw Railway, Saint Petersburg Court Capella and Free Music School. Membership is recorded of The Five.
Works named in the authority record are Tamara.
Distinctions recorded are Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class and Order of Saint Stanislaus.
Chronology
- 1836Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev born at Nizhny Novgorod.
- 1836Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was born in 1836 at Nizhny Novgorod.
- 1882Tamara is dated 1882.
- 1882Tamara.
- 1898Symphony No. 1 is dated 1898.
- 1898Symphony No. 1.
- 1910Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev died at Saint Petersburg.
- 1910Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev died in 1910 at Saint Petersburg.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Balakirev, Mily Alekseyevich, Oxford Music Online, 2001
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Mily Balakirev (1837–1910), The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music, 2019
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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MILY BALAKIREV, ON THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH, The Musical Quarterly, 1937
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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MILY BALAKIREV, The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Music Publishing Dialogues: Copyright in the Epistolary Heritage of Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Observatory of Culture, 2025
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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OpenAlex author record A5091093525 for Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev.
scholarly index · Unverified
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q185040: Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
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