Cui, CÉsar Antonovich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...anto novich kue , 1835 1918, Russian composer and critic, a military engineer by...championed the group of nationalist Russian composers known as The Five , consisting of Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Borodin, and himself. Of these, he was the least distinctive composer. He was largely self-taught, and...