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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Musical compositions completed by others, Unfinished operas, Unfinished symphonies, Turandot, Prince Igor, Lulu, The Art of Fugue, Requiem, Symphony No. 10, The Tales of Hoffmann, Symphony No. 9, Khovanshchina, Piano Concerto No. 3, The Fair at Sorochyntsi, Symphony No. 8, La rondine, Moses und Aron, L'Africaine, Symphony in E flat, Die drei Pintos, Symphony No. 3, Great Mass in C minor, Zhenitba, Taras Bulba, Unfinished symphony, La chute de la maison Usher, Le duc d'Albe, Zaide, Viola Concerto, Lo sposo deluso, Salammbo, Rodrigue et Chimene, Briseis, Maddalena, Sardanapale, Universe Symphony, Mysterium, Le diable dans le beffroi, L'oca del Cairo, Les francs-juges, Monna Vanna, Achille et Polyxene, Mannerlist grosser als Frauenlist, The Wandering of a Little Soul, Scherzo in D minor, Ludovic, Die Hochzeit, Gesangsszene, Die Jakobsleiter, Maitre Pierre, Symphony No. 7, Noe, Alexandre et Roxane, Cello Concertino, String Quartet, Die Laune des Verliebten, Piano Concerto No. 6. Excerpt: Prince Igor (Russian: , Knyaz' Igor' ) is an opera in four acts with a prologue. It was composed by Alexander Borodin. The composer adapted the libretto from the East Slavic epic The Lay of Igor's Host, which recounts the campaign of Russian prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Polovtsian tribes in 1185. The opera was left unfinished upon the composer's death in 1887 and was edited and completed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov. It was first performed in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1890. Original Composition: 1869 - 1887 After briefly considering Lev Mey's The Tsar's Bride as a subject (later taken up in 1898 by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, his 9th opera), Borodin began looking for a new project for his first opera. Vladimir Stasov, critic and advisor to The Mighty Handful, suggested The Lay of Igor's Host, a 12th ...
