Mikhail Glinka The Mighty Handful Belyayev circle Russian Musical Society Anton Nikolay Rubinstein Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Sergei Rachmaninoff Alexander Scriabin Alexander Glazunov Igor Stravinsky Sergei Prokofiev Dmitri Shostakovich Edison Denisov Sofia Gubaidulina Georgy Sviridov Alfred Schnittke Romantic Igor Russian
Until the 18th-century, music in Russia consisted mainly of church music and folk songs and dances. In the 19th-century, it was defined by the tension between classical composer Mikhail Glinka along with other members of The Mighty Handful, who were later succeeded by the Belyayev circle, and the Russian Musical Society led by composers Anton and Nikolay Rubinstein. The later tradition of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era, was continued into the 20th century by Sergei Rachmaninoff. World-renowned composers of the 20th century include Alexander Scriabin, Alexander Glazunov, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, and later Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Georgy Sviridov, and Alfred Schnittke.
