Respectable people do not write music or make love as a career.
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Showing all quotesBirth: | 12th November, 1833 |
Death: | 27th February, 1887 |
Nationality: | Russian |
Profession: | Chemist, Composer, Doctor |
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Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer, doctor and chemist. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five, who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music. He is best known for his symphonies, his two string quartets, In the Steppes of Central Asia and his opera Prince Igor. Music from Prince Igor and his string quartets was later adapted for the US musical Kismet. He was a notable advocate for women's rights and education in Tsarist Russia and was a founder of the School of Medicine for Women in St.Petersburg.
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