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Alexander Porfiryevitch Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’evič Borodin) (Nov.12, 1833 – Feb.27, 1887) was a Russian composer. Though during his life he had chemistry as his main profession, Borodin also became a well known musician. He is considered a member of the so-called “The Great Five”, a group of Russian composers who were dedicated to producing specifically national, grassroots kind of classical music. His fame out of Imperial Russia was introduced through Franz Liszt, who in 1880 held a performance of Borodin’s first symphony in Germany. He was admired also by French Countess of Mercy-Argenteau. Borodin’s music is noted for its strong lyricism and rich harmonies. It exudes also an undeniably Russian flavor, along with influences from Western composers. His passionate melodies and unusual harmonies evidenced an enduring influence on younger musicians in France, like Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel (who, in his tribute, wrote a piece for piano entitled “À la manière de Borodine” in 1913).
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  • Thjothsigrsaeli

    @HORROR_HD видимо, новый альбом выпустил :D

    5 Apr 7:53pm Reply

  • AureoleDeMerde

    String Quartet No.1 I. Moderato. <3

    8 Mar 11:00pm Reply

  • HORROR_HD

    Бородин? В турне? ЛОЛ!

    22 Jul 2012 Reply

  • MusicHallofFame

    The Music Hall of Fame are delighted to induct Alexander Borodin into the Class of 1966. Congratulations. Please vist our page too see the latest inductees into the Music Hall of Fame

    27 Feb 2012 Reply

  • TyreneB

    Woohoo a Chemist and composer! :)

    27 Nov 2011 Reply

  • slavicfrost

    chemical music

    13 Nov 2011 Reply

  • NeSubjekt

    Неможноста да се чита кирилица е навистина голем проблем. Ама тоа е живот, неписмен.

    6 Nov 2011 Reply

  • __Lis__

    Common again... The issue is resolved: you can display the names in English if you wish by activating "Translate foreign artist names to English where possible" in your website settings." So if Cyrillic gives you so much stress, just turn the option on %)

    9 Oct 2011 Reply

  • WhoIsThatGuy

    Peter, i think cyrillic in your id3 tags not the worst thing that ever happened to you. Anyway it do not change music. So, just take it easy :)

    4 Sep 2011 Reply

  • Buster64

    PS: I installed Plex Media Manager on my ReadyNAS and it is accessing the database of Last.FM automatically. So changing website settings isn't really an option. Now I get the message "Keep stats clean! Put the correct artist name in your file's ID3 tags to avoid incorrect or duplicate artists." I have music of 96 classical composers, and only "Alexander Borodin" and "Gioachino Rossini" can still not be found yet. And I don't like the idea of putting Cyrillic letters in my ID3 tags, cause I cannot read those. What if Chinese composers would show up?

    16 Jul 2011 Reply

  • Buster64

    Alexander Borodin can only be found on this site if written in Cyrilic alphabet "Александр Порфирьевич Бородин". Since this whole site is in Latin alphabet it would be more logical to write also this name in the Latin alphabet, just like all the other Russian composers.

    16 Jul 2011 Reply

  • SterileNailsAnd

    Великолепен.

    7 Jul 2011 Reply

  • MarcusAurelio

    Thanks for that!

    20 Nov 2010 Reply

  • Sandronic

    "you can display the names in English if you wish by activating "Translate foreign artist names to English where possible" in your website settings. "

    8 Nov 2010 Reply

  • MarcusAurelio

    Could a moderator perhaps change all different Borodins (this one, then its equivalent in arabic letters, and also one with simply the name Borodin) into Alexander Borodin...would make life easier for everyone!

    5 Nov 2010 Reply

  • zunari

    I'm so proud that my first name is Alexandre =D

    4 Nov 2010 Reply

  • SITOSITO1212

    Steps and Dances are complete works. Just perfect.

    22 Sep 2010 Reply

  • emaskye

    like even dropping the middle name (for romanising) would be fine, we don't do that for russian composers in the west `~`

    1 Sep 2010 Reply

  • qeq

    композиции все на английском, в рупоре одни иностранцы, а музыкант из России родом =/

    18 Aug 2010 Reply

  • emaskye

    is there any way to change the romanised name? i don't want ALEKSANDR PORFIRIVECH BORODIN littering my profile every time i listen to him (alexander borodin is his actual name)

    22 Jun 2010 Reply
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