Timeline of trends in Russian music

Time line for Music of Russia

**1751 Dmitry Bortniansky born
**1776 Bolshoi Theatre founded
**1787 Alexander Alyabyev born

* The Nineteenth Century
**1804 Mikhail Glinka born
**1813 Alexander Dargomyzhsky born
**1825 Dmitry Bortniansky died
**1829 Anton Rubinstein born
**1833 Alexander Borodin born
**1836 "A Life for the Tsar" (Mikhail Glinka) composed
**1837 Mily Balakirev born
**1839 Modest Mussorgsky born
**1840 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky born
**1842 "Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera)" (Mikhail Glinka) completed
**1844 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov born
**1851 Alexander Alyabyev died
**1855 Anatoly Lyadov born
**1856 Sergei Taneyev born
**1857 Mikhail Glinka died
**1859 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov born
**1860 Mariinsky Theatre opens
**1864 Alexander Gretchaninov born
**1865 Alexander Glazunov born
**1866 Vasily Kalinnikov born
**1866 "Symphony No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1869 Alexander Dargomyzhsky died
**1869 "" (Balakirev) written
**1871 "String Quartet No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1872 Alexander Scriabin born
**1872 "The Stone Guest (Dargomyzhsky)" first performed
**1872 "Symphony No. 2 (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff born
**1873 "The Tempest (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1874 "Pictures at an Exhibition" (Mussorgsky) written
**1874 "Boris Godunov (opera)" (Mussorgsky) completed
**1875 Reinhold Glière born
**1875 "Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1876 "Songs and Dances of Death" (Mussorgsky) written
**1876 "Swan Lake" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1876 "Marche Slave" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1876 "Francesca da Rimini (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1876 "Variations on a Rococo Theme" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1877 "Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1878 "Eugene Onegin (opera)" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1878 "Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1879 "May Night" (Rimski-Korsakov) written
**1880 Nikolai Medtner born
**1880 "Khovanshchina" (Mussorgsky) written
**1880 "Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1880 "Capriccio Italien" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1880 "1812 Overture" written
**1881 Modest Mussorgsky died
**1891 Nikolai Myaskovsky born
**1882 Igor Stravinsky born
**1882 St. Petersburg Philharmonic founded
**1884 "Suite No 3" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1885 "Manfred Symphony" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1886 "Night on Bald Mountain" (Mussorgsky) written
**1887 Alexander Borodin died
**1887 "Capriccio Espagnol" (Rimski-Korsakov) written
**1887 "Orchestral Suite No. 4 (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1888 "Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1888 "Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)" written
**1888 "Russian Easter Festival Overture" (Rimski-Korsakov) written
**1889 "The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1890 "Prince Igor" (Borodin) first performed
**1890 "The Queen of Spades" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1891 Sergei Prokofiev born
**1892 "The Nutcracker" (Tchaikovsky) written
**1892 "Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff)" written
**1893 Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)" written
**1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died
**1894 Anton Rubinstein died
**1895 "Christmas Eve (opera)" (Rimski-Korsakov) written
**1896 "Symphony No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)" written
**1896 "Sadko (opera)" (Rimski-Korsakov) written
**1898 "Raymonda" (Glazunov) written
**1899 Alexander Tcherepnin born
**1899 "The Seasons (ballet)" (Glazunov) written

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

External links

* [http://www.biu.ac.il/hu/mu/min-ad02/ritzarev.html Russian music before Glinka]