Vasily Kalinnikov - Moderato in E-flat minor

Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (January 13 1866 - January 11, 1901) was a Russian composer of two symphonies, several additional orchestral works and numerous songs, all of them imbued with characteristics of folksong. His symphonies, particularly the First, were frequently performed in the early 20th century.

In 1892, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky recommended Kalinnikov to be the director of the Maly Theater, and later that same year to the Moscow Italian Theater. However, due to his worsening tuberculosis, Kalinnikov had to resign from his theater appointments and move to the warmer southern clime of the Crimea. He lived at Yalta for the rest of his life, and it was there that he wrote the main part of his music, including his two symphonies and the incidental music for Alexey Tolstoy's Tsar Boris. Exhausted, he died of tuberculosis on January 11, 1901, just before his 35th birthday.

In Russia his First Symphony remains in the repertory, and his place in musical history there is secure.

This was Wiki, and I personally thought a lot about Ornstein while listening to this. There are similarities. Other than that, nothing too special here. I think it is 'nice' and I'll just upload it.

(Oh and I just noticed a little mistake where I played a b flat instead of an a flat. Sorry.)

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