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Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Scheherazade
( in
transliteration
),
Op.
35, is a
symphonic poem
composed by
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
in 1888 and based on
One Thousand and One Nights
, sometimes known as
The Arabian Nights
. This orchestral work combines two features typical of Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in particular: dazzling, colorful
orchestration
and
an interest in
the East
, which figured greatly in the history of
Imperial Russia
, as well as
orientalism
in general. It is considered Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work.
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