February 6 - February 19 Listening/Composer Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the week during which the listening is assigned. For example, if you have lessons during the week(s) of February 6-19, you do not do Dvorak, you do Glinka. Email me if you have any questions. This is the case for every week.)

Mikhail Glinka

Composer (Listen to the piece of music on the website, too!):
http://www.dsokids.com/listen/ComposerDetail.aspx?composerID=20

And YouTube link (skip to the 1:00 mark and begin there):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3V3xH7m9Wo

Question: What are Glinka's two most famous operas? What "character" or "emotion" does Ruslan and Ludmilla sound like to you?