CHAPTER XII

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Rimsky-Korsakov's position as a national composer and as a teacher. Biographical. Joins Balakirev's circle. Leaves the naval service. His early works. A tone-painter. His first Opera. _The Maid of Pskov_ (Ivan the Terrible). Accession of the Emperor Alexander III. He encourages Russian music. _A Night in May._ _The Snow-Maiden_ (Sniegourochka). _Mlada._ _Christmas Eve Revels._ _Mozart and Salieri._ _Boyarinya Vera Sheloga._ _Sadko._ _The Tsar's Bride._ _The Legend of Tsar Saltan._ The use of the _leitmotif_. _Servilia._ _Kastchei the Immortal._ Wagnerian influence. _Pan Voyevode._ _The Tale of the City of Kitezh._ _The Golden Cock._.....281