"Rimsky-Korsakov named a piece of music ""The Flight of the ..."" what?"
Flight of the Bumblebee shmelya"). Incidentally, this piece does not constitute one of the movements of the orchestral suite that Rimsky-Korsakov derived from the opera for concerts. Those familiar with the opera "Tsar Saltan" may recognize two leitmotifs used in the "Flight," both of which are associated with Prince Gvidon from earlier in the opera. These are illustrated here in musical notation: Gvidon's Leitmotifs in "Flight of the Bumblebee" <score override_midi="Fotbbmotives1.mid" vorbis>\relative c'{ \new PianoStaff « \new Staff { \tempo "1." \time 2/4 e4^"Fundamental form" c8 f e4 c \bar "||"} \new Staff { e16^"Transformation in the \"Flight\"" ees d des c f e
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov the orchestra in the new symphony, considered favorably by his compatriots. He later wrote that "they began, indeed, to look down upon me as one on the downward path". Worse still to Rimsky-Korsakov was the faint praise given by Anton Rubinstein, a composer opposed to the nationalists' music and philosophy. Rimsky-Korsakov wrote that after Rubinstein heard the quartet, he commented that now Rimsky-Korsakov "might amount to something" as a composer. He wrote that Tchaikovsky continued to support him morally, telling him that he fully applauded what Rimsky-Korsakov was doing and admired both his artistic modesty and his strength of character.