The "Mighty Five," as they were sometimes called (Balakirev, Borodin, Cui, R-K and Mussorgsky) banded together to create a truly "Russian" music to counterpoise the Western European influences of that other guy.

Hey, careful there. I like the other guy. And, as far as I know, Tchaikovsky didn't claim any particular Russian-ness in his music. Of the others, IMHO, only Borodin is halfway listenable on the whole.


The idiot also known as Capfka ...