What is Mily Balakirev?
[[File:Balakirev 1900s CuiIP 407 300.jpg|thumb|150px|М. А. Balakirev in the 1900s.]] '''Mily Alexanyevich Balakirev''' (born [[Nizhny-Novgorod]] 2 January 1837; died [[St Petersburg]] 29 May 1910) was a [[Russia]]n [[composer]]. His music sounds very Russian, and he was a very important [[influence]] on other Russian composers such as [[Modest Mussorgsky]], [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], [[Alexander Borodin]] and [[César Cui]]. These five composers were known as the “Mighty Handful”. Balakirev mainly wrote music for [[orchestra]], [[choir]] and [[piano]] and solo [[songs]]. {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Balakirev, Mily}} [[Category:Russian composers]] [[Category:Romantic composers]] [[Category:People from Nizhny Novgorod]] [[Category:1837 births]] [[Category:1910 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}