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  1. People In Music History
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  3. Borodin, Alexander [Porphyrevich] (1833-1887)  Russian composer -- also
  4. professor of chemistry, so could spare little time for music. Illegitimate son
  5. of a prince; pupil of Balakirev; one of the "nationalist" group of composers
  6. known as the mighty handful. Works include opera Prince Igor (unfinished;
  7. completed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov), which includes the Polovetsian
  8. Dances; 3 symphonies (no. 3 unfinished, but 2 movements of it advanced enough
  9. to be completed by Glazunov); symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia; 2
  10. string quartets; songs.
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