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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
March 4, 1678 - July 1741
Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric.
March 4, 1678 - July 1741
Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric.
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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
(Russian: Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков)
March 18, 1844 - June 21, 1908
(Russian: Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков)
March 18, 1844 - June 21, 1908
The story behind the music called “Flight of the Bumblebee” from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan:
The opera tells how Tsar Saltan married a beautiful girl named Militrissa. Her two sisters came to the palace as her ladies in waiting, but they were jealous of her. When the Tsar was away, Militrissa gave birth to a son. The jealous sisters sent a message to the Tsar, telling that she had given birth to a monster. The Tsar commanded that mother and child should be thrown out to sea in a barrel! However, they were safely washed ashore on a far off island of Bujan. The prince grew up and fell in love with a Swan Princess who had magical powers. He became ruler of the island. He decided to visit his father in secret, and the Swan Princess changed him into a bumble bee. When he got to his father’s court, by a strange co-incidence, the Tsar was planning a visit to the island of Bujan, but the wicked aunts were trying to dissuade him! In his disguise as a bumble bee, the prince buzzed furiously around his wicked aunts, and stung each sister in turn. He chased them from the room. This is the part of the opera which is depicted by the piece The Flight of the Bumble Bee. The Tsar made his plans in peace. The bumble bee flew home, and was there to receive the royal party, together with his mother. The Tsar was reunited with Militrissa, and the Prince married the Swan princess, and they all lived happily ever after!
Once upon a time long ago and far away in Russia, there was a Czar (or tsar, like a King or ruler), named Saltan, who had a son (a prince) whose name was Prince Gvidon. One day the Czar discovered that his son the Prince was missing; the Czar didn’t even know whether or not the Prince was safe and still alive! But, thankfully, Prince Gvidon was indeed still alive. However, the Czar got taken away on a ship sailing way out in the middle of the ocean. A magic Swan-Bird appeared to Prince Gvidon, and said he could change the Prince into an insect – a bumblebee– so that the Prince could fly over the ocean to visit his father, the Czar. The Swan-Bird sang a magic song to Prince Gvidon, who walked down on the seashore and into the ocean...But then suddenly, coming back out from the ocean, flew a bumblebee; it was really Prince Gvidon, changed into a bumblebee! He flew around the Swan-Bird, then flew away to visit his father, the Czar, out on the ship in the ocean.
The opera tells how Tsar Saltan married a beautiful girl named Militrissa. Her two sisters came to the palace as her ladies in waiting, but they were jealous of her. When the Tsar was away, Militrissa gave birth to a son. The jealous sisters sent a message to the Tsar, telling that she had given birth to a monster. The Tsar commanded that mother and child should be thrown out to sea in a barrel! However, they were safely washed ashore on a far off island of Bujan. The prince grew up and fell in love with a Swan Princess who had magical powers. He became ruler of the island. He decided to visit his father in secret, and the Swan Princess changed him into a bumble bee. When he got to his father’s court, by a strange co-incidence, the Tsar was planning a visit to the island of Bujan, but the wicked aunts were trying to dissuade him! In his disguise as a bumble bee, the prince buzzed furiously around his wicked aunts, and stung each sister in turn. He chased them from the room. This is the part of the opera which is depicted by the piece The Flight of the Bumble Bee. The Tsar made his plans in peace. The bumble bee flew home, and was there to receive the royal party, together with his mother. The Tsar was reunited with Militrissa, and the Prince married the Swan princess, and they all lived happily ever after!
Once upon a time long ago and far away in Russia, there was a Czar (or tsar, like a King or ruler), named Saltan, who had a son (a prince) whose name was Prince Gvidon. One day the Czar discovered that his son the Prince was missing; the Czar didn’t even know whether or not the Prince was safe and still alive! But, thankfully, Prince Gvidon was indeed still alive. However, the Czar got taken away on a ship sailing way out in the middle of the ocean. A magic Swan-Bird appeared to Prince Gvidon, and said he could change the Prince into an insect – a bumblebee– so that the Prince could fly over the ocean to visit his father, the Czar. The Swan-Bird sang a magic song to Prince Gvidon, who walked down on the seashore and into the ocean...But then suddenly, coming back out from the ocean, flew a bumblebee; it was really Prince Gvidon, changed into a bumblebee! He flew around the Swan-Bird, then flew away to visit his father, the Czar, out on the ship in the ocean.