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Novellette

in B minor · Op. 11, No. 2

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844–1908
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
B minor
Key
Op. 11, No. 2
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Themes & character
Storytelling character·From the Op. 11 set·Minor-key mood·Schumann-influenced

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Catalogue
Op. 11, No. 2
Key
B minor

About the piece

The second of Rimsky-Korsakov's Four Pieces, Op. 11. The novelette as a genre was Schumann's invention, a short narrative piano piece, and the title signals the German Romantic models the Russian composers of the period were both drawing on and reacting against. Like its companions in the set, it is modest in scale and shows Rimsky-Korsakov working carefully within a tradition he was, at the same time, formally studying.

The composer

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1844–1908

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his fifteen operas. Scheherazade is an example of his frequent use of fairy-tale and folk subjects. He was the husband of the composer Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova.

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