Influences of The Caucasian Sketches
The orchestral songs of the Caucasian Sketches were influenced by the Georgian folk songs that Ippolitov-Ivanov heard during his years as director of the music conservatory and conductor of the orchestra in Tbilisi, the principal city of Georgia and during his visits to the surrounding Caucasus Mountains.
Ippolitov-Ivanov had studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a master of orchestration, whose style of beats and chimes is reflected in the songs of the Caucasian Sketches.
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