Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, GLIHNG kuh, mih kah EEL ih VAH nuh vihch (1804-1857), was the first important Russian composer of the 1800's. His music, which uses characteristics of folk songs and Russian Orthodox choral themes, launched a major national school of Russian music in the second half of the 1800's.
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich
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