RimskyKorsakov

When a Student Goes Beyond the Teacher: Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky, and Petrushka

A good teacher does more than pass on knowledge. We may spend years helping a student develop, hoping they will eventually take what they have learned and make it their own—even in ways we never expected.The relationship between Russian composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) and Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) offers an interesting...