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Lesson LibraryAdvanced Audio Blog 3

Advanced Audio Blog 3

The Advanced Audio Blog series provides you with an in-depth look into Russia, Russian culture, and the life of a typical Russian person.

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1

Russian Classical Music Begins with Glinka

Learn about one of the founders of Russian classical music

4 Minutes • Audio
2

A Modest Russian Composer Finds True Fame After Death

Learn about the life of a famous Russian composer and how his talent finally became recognized

4 Minutes • Audio
3

Tchaikovsky Sets a New Standard in Russian Music

Learn about the works and life of the famous Russian composer Tchaikovsky

3 Minutes • Audio
4

A Russian Composer Who Left a Rich Legacy

Learn about a Russian composer that contributed so much to the world's musical culture

4 Minutes • Audio
5

A Self-proclaimed Russian Musical Messiah, Scriabin

Learn about a Russian composer who had a unique style that made his music well known around the world

4 Minutes • Audio
6

The "Most Russian Composer," Rachmaninoff

Learn about the life of a world-renowned and prolific Russian composer as well as his style, which is what made his music so famous

4 Minutes • Audio
7

Russian Law Student Turned Renowned Composer, Stravinsky

Learn about the famous Russian composer Igor Stravinsky

4 Minutes • Audio
8

The Contemporary Classical Russian Innovator, Prokofiev

Learn about a composer that changed an era in music but did not get the credit he deserved because of unfortunate timing

4 Minutes • Audio
9

A Russian Composer Who Was Not So Famous in Russia, Shostakovich

Learn about a composer that just couldn't get it together in his private or professional life

4 Minutes • Audio
10

A Russian Folklore Champion, Shchedrin

Learn about a famous composer who wrote ballets and operas

3 Minutes • Audio
11

Top 10 Russian Movies: Battleship Potemkin

Learn about a silent movie that doesn't have the audience so silent

4 Minutes • Audio
12

Top 10 Russian Movies: Irony of Fate

Learn about a Russian movie that has everyone celebrating

3 Minutes • Audio
13

Top 10 Russian Movies: Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Learn about a movie that is a true Cinderella story, just more modern

4 Minutes • Audio
14

Top 10 Russian Movies: Heart of a Dog

Learn about a Russian movie that was considered extraordinary

3 Minutes • Audio
15

Top 10 Russian Movies: The Barber Of Siberia

Learn about a scandalous plot in a Russian movie

3 Minutes • Audio
16

Top 10 Russian Movies: The Cuckoo

Learn about a Russian movie about war

3 Minutes • Audio
17

Top 10 Russian Movies: Piter FM

Learn about a Russian movie that is all about life and the chances it provides

3 Minutes • Audio
18

Top 10 Russian Movies: Hipsters

Learn about a movie that is considered Russia's first musical

3 Minutes • Audio
19

Top 10 Russian Movies: Burnt by the Sun

Learn about a Russian movie that was so impressive and received an Oscar

3 Minutes • Audio
20

Top 10 Russian Movies: Night Watch

Learn about a Russian movie that has become a worldwide phenomenon

3 Minutes • Audio
21

Top 10 Russian Artists: Andrey Rublev

Learn about a Russian painter about whom, unfortunately, we do not know a whole lot of facts, except that he was iconic

3 Minutes • Audio
22

Top 10 Russian Artists: Bryullov

Learn why one Russian painter became what he was

3 Minutes • Audio
23

Top 10 Russian Artists: Aivazovsky

Learn what one Russian artist focused on and what he did in addition to painting

4 Minutes • Audio
24

Top 10 Russian Artists: Repin

Learn about a Russian artist that painted an image that may not be so correct in the history books

4 Minutes • Audio
25

Top 10 Russian Artists: Kandinsky

Learn about one artist, his history, and his "unknown" work

4 Minutes • Audio