May 7- 20 Listening/Composer Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Composer (listen to all the examples on this page):

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/ComposerDetail.aspx?composerID=28 


And YouTube links: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BStf7HibDco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty8CCHicF40 (This is just the first half of the piece. Get familiar with it!)

Question: What did Rimsky-Korsakov want to be when he was little? Why do you think he wanted to be a pianist instead?