The melody of "Baubles, Bangles & Beads"  was based on works by a composer that died in what year?
Baubles, Bangles, &amp; Beads:  Like all the music in that show, the melody was based on works by Alexander Borodin, in this case the second theme of the second movement of his "String Quartet in D." Alexander Borodin: Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Порфи́рьевич Бороди́н ; ] , 12 November 183327 February 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer of Georgian origin, as well as a doctor and chemist.
1887