The Five
The Five, also known as "The Mighty Handful", a circle of influential Russian musical nationalists, during the Romantic period in music:
- Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
- Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), perhaps best known for Polovtsian Dances from his opera Prince Igor
- César Cui (1835–1918)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), perhaps best known for Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), perhaps best known for The Flight of the Bumblebee from his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan
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