Borodin

(bo’-ro-dén), Alex. Porphyrjevitch, St. Petersburg, Nov. 12, 1834—Feb. 29, 1887; composer of the neo-Ru ian school; Prof. at the St. P. Medico-surg. Institute; Counsellor of State; Knight; pres. Mus. Soc. of Amateurs; at Balakitev’s suggestion studied music; composed opera, ‘‘ Prince Igor’? (finished > after his death by Rimsky-Korsakov, and prod. succ. 1891); 3 symphonies, A flat, B minor, and A minor (last left incomplete, ed. by Glazounov), symphonic poem, “On the Steppes of Central Asia’; scherzo for orch., 2 string-quartets, piano quintet; string trio; pf. pcs., etc.; biog. by A. Habets, in English, London, 1895. Memoirs by Sta ov and Gerald Abraham also published.