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Nikhil Hogan Show
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The Influence of Italian Composers on Russian Music
Every music master at the Russian court was either Naples trained or Italian trained. Paisiello, who was Napoleon's head musician, also played an opera of his over a game in its entirety. Rachmaninoff's teacher, Rensky, published a thousand harmony exercises and melodies to harmonize. Even study of Stravinsky with Rimsky Korsakov had a rather Italian flavor.
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