César Cui was a Russian composer and a member of the group of composers known as "The Five" or "The Mighty Handful," which also included Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Alexander Borodin. Born on January 18, 1835, in Vilnius, which was then part of the Russian Empire, Cui was of French and Lithuanian descent. Although he pursued a career in the military engineering field and became a p
... Más informaciónCésar Cui was a Russian composer and a member of the group of composers known as "The Five" or "The Mighty Handful," which also included Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Alexander Borodin. Born on January 18, 1835, in Vilnius, which was then part of the Russian Empire, Cui was of French and Lithuanian descent. Although he pursued a career in the military engineering field and became a professor at the Imperial Russian Military Academy, he was also deeply involved in music composition.
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