Russian Composers Timeline

The Nineteenth Century

o 1804 Mikhail Glinka born

o 1813 Alexander Dargomyzhsky born
o 1825 Dmitry Bortniansky died
o 1829 Anton Rubinstein born
o 1833 Alexander Borodin born
o 1836 A Life for the Tsar (Mikhail Glinka) composed
o 1837 Mily Balakirev born
o 1839 Modest Mussorgsky born
o 1840 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky born
o 1842 Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera) (Mikhail Glinka) completed
o 1844 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov born
o 1851 Alexander Alyabyev died
o 1855 Anatoly Lyadov born
o 1856 Sergei Taneyev born
o 1857 Mikhail Glinka died
o 1859 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov born
o 1860 Mariinsky Theatre opens
o 1864 Alexander Gretchaninov born
o 1865 Alexander Glazunov born
o 1866 Vasily Kalinnikov born
o 1866 Symphony No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1869 Alexander Dargomyzhsky died
o 1869 Islamey: an Oriental Fantasy (Balakirev) written
o 1871 String Quartet No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1872 Alexander Scriabin born
o 1872 The Stone Guest (Dargomyzhsky) first performed
o 1872 Symphony No. 2 (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff born
o 1873 The Tempest (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1874 Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky) written
o 1874 Boris Godunov (opera) (Mussorgsky) completed
o 1875 Reinhold Glière born
o 1875 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1876 Songs and Dances of Death (Mussorgsky) written
o 1876 Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1876 Marche Slave (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1876 Francesca da Rimini (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1876 Variations on a Rococo Theme (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1877 Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1878 Eugene Onegin (opera) (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1878 Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1879 May Night (Rimski-Korsakov) written
o 1880 Nikolai Medtner born
o 1880 Khovanshchina (Mussorgsky) written
o 1880 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tchaikovsky) written
 o 1880 Capriccio Italien (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1880 1812 Overture written
o 1881 Modest Mussorgsky died
o 1891 Nikolai Myaskovsky born
o 1882 Igor Stravinsky born
o 1882 St. Petersburg Philharmonic founded
o 1884 Suite No 3 (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1885 Manfred Symphony (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1886 Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky) written
o 1887 Alexander Borodin died
o 1887 Capriccio Espagnol (Rimski-Korsakov) written
o 1887 Orchestral Suite No. 4 (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1888 Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1888 Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) written
o 1888 Russian Easter Festival Overture (Rimski-Korsakov) written
o 1889 The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1890 Prince Igor (Borodin) first performed
o 1890 The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1891 Sergei Prokofiev born
o 1892 The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1892 Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1893 Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky) written
o 1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died
o 1894 Anton Rubinstein died
o 1895 Christmas Eve (opera) (Rimski-Korsakov) written
o 1896 Symphony No. 1 (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1896 Sadko (opera) (Rimski-Korsakov) written
o 1898 Raymonda (Glazunov) written
o 1899 Alexander Tcherepnin born
o 1899 The Seasons (ballet) (Glazunov) written

• The Twentieth Century

o 1900 Alexander Mosolov born
o 1900 The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Rimsky-Korsakov) written
o 1900 Symphony No. 1 (Scriabin) written
o 1901 Vasily Kalinnikov died
o 1901 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1901 Symphony No. 2 (Scriabin) written
o 1904 Dmitri Kabalevsky born
o 1904 Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov born
o 1904 The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya
(Rimski-Korsakov)
o 1904 The Miserly Knight (Rachmaninov) written
o 1904 Symphony No. 3 (Scriabin) written
o 1905 Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1905 Symphony No. 4 (Scriabin) written
o 1906 Dmitri Shostakovich born
o 1907 The Golden Cockerel (Rimski-Korsakov) written
o 1908 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov died
o 1908 Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1909 Isle of the Dead (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1909 Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1909 Ballets Russes founded
o 1910 Mily Balakirev died
o 1910 Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1910 Prometheus: The Poem of Fire (Scriabin) written
o 1911 Études-Tableaux (Rachmaninov) written
o 1911 Petrushka (ballet) (Stravinsky) written
o 1911 Sonata No. 7 (Scriabin) written
o 1913 The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) written
o 1913 Sonata No. 9 (Scriabin) written
o 1914 Anatoly Lyadov died
o 1915 Sergei Taneyev died
o 1915 Alexander Scriabin died
o 1915 Georgy Sviridov born
o 1915 Scythian Suite (Prokofiev) written
o 1916 The Gambler (Prokofiev) written
o 1917 Symphony No. 1 (Prokofiev) written
o 1917 Visions Fugitives (Prokofiev) written
o 1918 Histoire du soldat (Stravinsky) written
o 1919 Galina Ustvolskaya born
o 1920 The Firebird (stravinsky, revised version) written
o 1920 The Love for Three Oranges (Prokofiev) written
o 1920 Pulcinella (ballet) (stravinsky) written
o 1921 Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev) written
o 1923 Les noces (Stravinsky) written
o 1925 Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich) written
o 1927 Oedipus rex (opera) (Stravinsky) written
o 1927 The Fiery Angel (opera) (Prokofiev) written
o 1927 The Red Poppy (Reinhold Glière) written
o 1928 Le Baiser de la fée (Stravinsky) written
o 1928 The Nose (opera) (Shostakovich) written
o 1929 Edison Denisov born
o 1930 Symphony of Psalms (Stravinsky) written
o 1931 Sofia Gubaidulina born
o 1931 Violin Concerto (Stravinsky) written
o 1932 Rodion Shchedrin born
o 1932 'Piano Concerto No. 5 (Prokofiev) written
o 1932 Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (opera) (Shostakovich) written
o 1933 Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev) written
o 1933 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich) written
o 1934 Alfred Schnittke born
o 1934 Alemdar Karamanov born
o 1934 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Rachmaninov) written
o 1935 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov died
o 1936 Alexander Glazunov died
o 1936 Symphony No. 3 (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1936 Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) written
o 1936 Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev) written
o 1936 Symphony No. 4 (Shostakovich) written
o 1937 Symphony No. 5 (Shostakovich) written
o 1938 Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev) written
o 1939 Symphony No. 6 (Shostakovich) written
o 1940 Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff) written
o 1940 Symphony in C (Stravinsky) written
o 1941 Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich) written
o 1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff died
o 1943 Symphony No. 8 (Shostakovich) written
o 1944 Cinderella (Prokofiev) written
o 1944 Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev) written
o 1945 Symphony in Three Movements (Stravinsky) written
o 1945 Ivan the Terrible (Prokofiev) written
o 1945 Symphony No. 9 (Shostakovich) written
o 1946 Concerto in D (Stravinsky) written
o 1947 Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev) written
o 1948 Violin Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich) written
o 1949 Song of the Forests (Shostakovich) written
o 1950 Nikolai Myaskovsky died
o 1951 Nikolai Medtner died
o 1951 The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky) written
o 1951 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra founded
o 1952 War and Peace (Prokofiev) written
o 1953 Sergei Prokofiev died
o 1953 Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich) written
o 1954 Festive Overture (Shostakovich) written
o 1956 Reinhold Glière died
o 1956 Alexander Gretchaninov died
o 1956 String Quartet No. 6 (Shostakovich) written
o 1957 Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich) written
o 1957 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich) written
o 1958 Moscow, Cheryomushki (Shostakovich) (written)
o 1959 Cello Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich) written
o 1961 Symphony No. 12 (Shostakovich) written
o 1962 Symphony No. 13 (Shostakovich) written
o 1969 Symphony No. 14 (Shostakovich) written
o 1971 Igor Stravinsky died
o 1971 Symphony No. 15 (Shostakovich) written
o 1972 Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov died
o 1973 Alexander Mosolov died
o 1973 Lera Auerbach born
o 1975 Dmitri Shostakovich died
o 1977 Alexander Tcherepnin died
o 1979 Symphony No. 2 (Ustvolskaya) written
o 1983 Symphony No. 3 (Ustvolskaya) written
o 1987 Dmitri Kabalevsky died
o 1989 Moscow Symphony Orchestra founded
o 1996 Edison Denisov died
o 1998 Alfred Schnittke died
o 1998 Georgy Sviridov died
o 2006 Galina Ustvolskaya died