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Music
Opera’s, suites for orchestra, a string quartet, small violin and cello pieces, pianoworks, songs.
Life
Russian composer, son of French father and Lithuanian mother. Hij attended a military school for Civil Engineering en became an expert in military fortifications. He was very involved with music on an amateuristic level and as such he joined the Balakirev-group. He was a much better critic as he was a composer. His music does not have a nationalistic character; this could be due to his heritage; his mother did not have much Russian blood either.
He very much disliked the music of Tchaikovsky (his newspaper reviews of his symphonies, especially the earlier ones, were in an almost hateful tone).
(contribution by Willem Vijvers <wgvijvers
wxs.nl>)
Introduction
Cui was a composer and music critic, whose importance in the history of 19th-century Russian music cannot be overestimated. However, most of his compositions and writings have no particular appeal outside this context. Perhaps his contributions to military engineering have more lasting value.