Russian composer Mily (or Mili) Alekseyevich Balakirev (1837-1910) was a staunch nationalist and leader of The Five, a group of like-minded composers also including César Cui, Aleksandr Borodin, Modest Mussorgsky, and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. His passion for the folk music of his native land was translated into his own compositions and passed on to his contemporaries and to later composers, including Tchaikovsky.- Category ID : 23853
List of Balakirev,_Mily_Alexeyevich Sites7 Websites
Entry at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with list of vocal works linked to Russian (Cyrillic and transliterated) lyrics, some in English translation.