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Russian composer, conductor, and music educator, a central figure of the Russian nationalist group 'The Five' and a master of orchestration.Born into a noble family near Tikhvin, Rimsky-Korsakov initially pursued a career in the Imperial Russian Navy, graduating from the Sea Cadet Corps in 1862 and undertaking a world cruise (1862-1865). While a naval officer, he composed his First Symphony. Largely self-taught in composition initially, he became a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservato...