Who did Balakirev bring together to form'The Five’ (The Mighty Handful)?
Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Haydn
Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin
Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner
Vivaldi, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff
Answer
The Five (also called The Mighty Handful) was a group of Russian composers active in the 1860s and 1870s. The group was founded by Mily Balakirev, who brought together Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin. The Five were united by their common interest in Russian folk music and their desire to create a national Russian music.
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