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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov
also: Римский-Корсаков
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), composer and orchestrator of the St. Petersburg 'Mighty Handful' circle; the young lady at the wedding glibly dismisses him as 'a mere drummer,' the kind of borrowed, credential-free musical opinion that both irritates and touches Rublev.