Cui's activities in musical life included also membership on the opera selection committee at the Mariinsky Theatre ; this stint ended in 1883, when both he and Rimsky-Korsakov left the committee in protest of its rejection of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina.

In such a long and active musical life as Cui's there were many accolades.

Emperor Yang considered restoring Princess Cui, but when he sent a messenger to the house of Princess Cui's uncle Cui Hongdu ( 崔弘度 ) to discuss the matter, Cui Hongdu did not realize that an imperial messenger had arrived and therefore did not respond.

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Cui's more successful stage works during his lifetime were the one-act comic opera The Mandarin's Son ( publicly premiered in 1878 ), the three-act Prisoner of the Caucasus ( 1883 ), based on Pushkin, and the one-act Mademoiselle Fifi ( 1903 ), based on Guy de Maupassant.

Nevertheless, despite the fact that more of Cui's music is being made available in recent years in recordings and in new printed editions, his status today in the repertoire is considerably small, based ( in the West ) primarily on some of his piano and chamber music ( such as the violin and piano piece called Orientale ( op.

Nevertheless, his style is more often compared to Robert Schumann and to French composers such as Gounod than to Mikhail Glinka or to Cui's Russian contemporaries.

The gladiators in the center bear shields inscribed with the titles of Cui's operas William Ratcliff ( Cui ) | William Ratcliff, The Mandarin's Son, and Angelo ( opera ) | Angelo

Cui's works are not so nationalistic as those of the other members of The Five ; with the exception of Pushkin, his operas do not display a strong attraction to Russian sources.

* The chancellor Chang Gun, whom Emperor Dezong suspected of being overly powerful, was exiled, replaced with Cui Youfu ; subsequently, at Cui's recommendation, Yang Yan was also made chancellor.

Liszt valued the music of Russian composers quite highly ; for Cui's opera William Ratcliff he expressed some of the highest praise.

Cui's primary goal as a critic was to promote the music of contemporary Russian composers, especially the works of his now better-known co-members of The Five.

In the area of art song, however, the vast majority of Cui's vocal music is based on Russian texts.

Cui's study of fortifications gained from frontline assignment during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 proved quite important for his career.

Cui's book La musique en Russie and Suite pour piano, Op.

In addition, Cui's Tarantelle for orchestra, Op.

In 1909 and 1910 events were held in honor of Cui's 50th anniversary as a composer.

Late in life Cui's presumed progressiveness as espoused in the 1860s and ' 70s faded, and he showed firm hostility towards the younger " modernists " such as Richard Strauss and Vincent d ' Indy.

Some of his most famous art songs include " The Statue at Tsarskoye Selo " (" Царско-сельская статyя ") and " The Burnt Letter ," (" Сожжённое письмо "), both based on poems by Cui's most valued poet, Alexander Pushkin.

( Note: As yet there is no complete collected edition of Cui's writings.

In the 19th century this " piratical " notoriety was portrayed in Jean Richepin's play Le flibustier and in César Cui's eponymous opera.

He initially married the daughter of the official Cui Hongsheng ( 崔弘昇 ) as his wife and princess, but after Princess Cui's aunt, who married his uncle Yang Jun the Prince of Qin, was discovered to have poisoned Yang Jun over her jealousness for Yang Jun's concubines in 597, Yang Zhao divorced his wife and married the daughter of the official Wei Shou ( 韋壽 ) the Duke of Hua as his wife and princess.

The issue was raised repeatedly, including by chancellors Wei Mo, Pei Xiu, and Cui Shenyou, but he rebuffed all of them, leading to Pei's resignation and Cui's removal.

'' With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, directed by Christopher Hewett, choreography by Peter Conlow, musical direction by Samuel Matlowsky.

The book is by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, choreography by Peter Gennaro, scenery, costumes and lighting by William and Jean Eckart, musical direction by Jack Elliott, and the production was directed by Mr. Abbott.

Prior to this injunction, Brown released three vocal singles, including a cover of Louis Jordan's " Caldonia ", and the 12-bar blues rock and roll number, " Out of Sight ", which further indicated the future direction of Brown's musical sound.

A contributing factor was disagreement over musical direction.

The material they recorded was released in 1956 on an album whose title, Birth of the Cool, gave its name to the " cool jazz " movement that developed at the same time and partly shared the musical direction begun by Davis ' group.

In addition to the title of the collection, which translates as " song " or " hymns " from both Hebrew and Greek, superscriptions ( or headings ) in many of the Psalms provide musical references and some direction, in some cases even references to melodies that would have been well known by early congregations ; however, no musical notation has survived.

In early 1989, Richrath was asked to leave over disagreements with Cronin regarding musical direction.

Although on the band ’ s return Richman agreed to record his earlier songs, he was anxious to move in a different musical direction.

In these articles, Adorno championed avant-garde music at the same time as he critiqued the failings of musical modernity, as in the case of Stravinsky ’ s The Soldier ’ s Tale, which he called in 1923 a “ dismal Bohemian prank .” In these early writings, he was unequivocal in his condemnation of performances which either sought or pretended to achieve a transcendence which Adorno, in line with many intellectuals of the time, regarded as impossible: “ No cathedral ,” he wrote, “ can be built if no community desires one .” In the summer of 1924, Adorno received his doctorate with a study of Edmund Husserl under the direction of the unorthodox neo-Kantian Hans Cornelius.

The album was another change in musical direction, this time influenced by European music.

After leaving Asylum for Island Records, Waits released Swordfishtrombones in 1983, a record that marked a sharp turn in his musical direction.

Both Big Pink and The Band also influenced their musical contemporaries, with both Eric Clapton and George Harrison citing the Band as a major influence on their musical direction in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Following several phases of writing and recording, during which Amos has since asserted that the band lost their musical edge and direction due to interference from record executives, in July 1988, the Y Kant Tori Read's self-titled debut album was released.

To mark the occasion, the Fulton joined with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra for the first time to supply the musical score under the direction of Maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser.

The album marked somewhat of a retreat from the increasingly roots-rock direction that the band's past few records had gone in, instead featuring an eclectic alternative-rock sound that fit in well with the then-current musical climate.

Arrangements and musical direction by Barry Booth, sound supervision by Roger Cameron.

It featured such popular radio broadcasts as Viva América which showcased leading musical talent from both North and South America accompanied by the CBS Pan American Orchestra under the musical direction of Alfredo Antonini.

In 2001, an African version of the Chester plays was performed in London, under the direction of Mark Dornford-May and musical direction of Charles Hazlewood.

After the success of his third album, Williams wanted to take another musical direction.

Coxon, in particular, began to resent his band mates ; James for his playboy lifestyle, and Albarn for his control over Blur's musical direction and public image.

Although he had previously dismissed it, Albarn grew to appreciate Coxon's tastes in lo-fi and underground music, and recognised the need to significantly change Blur's musical direction once again.