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Time to visit Russia again for another elimination round. In the first match Chesnokov knocked Kabalevsky out.
The remaining Russian matches are:
Tchaikovsky versus Cui
Khachaturian versus Borodin
Glinka versus Stravinsky
Prokofiev versus Scriabin
Shostakovich versus Glinka
Rachmaninoff versus Balakirev
Rimsky-Korsakov versus Mussorgsky
That last match is a painful one. By all accounts Chesnokov shouldn’t have made the second round over Mussorgsky or Rimsky but this is Russia and who knows how the draw was established.
For that matter neither Khachaturian or Borodin should make it instead of Rimsky or Mussorgsky but once again it boils down to the draw.
Let’s get Tchaikovsky versus Cui started.
We might wonder who in the blazes Cui was. Cui was a composer associated with The Five but he was better known as a music critic than as a composer.
Throughout this lopsided match Cui continuously taunted Tchaikovsky with musical criticism. To his merit, Tchaikovsky merely pointed at the scoreboard in response to Cui’s japes. Although, when the this lopsided match was over Tchaikovsky did mutter--under his breath, “bitch-ass bitch”.
Cui was tacit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyVqq8dWRCs
Time to visit Russia again for another elimination round. In the first match Chesnokov knocked Kabalevsky out.
The remaining Russian matches are:
Tchaikovsky versus Cui
Khachaturian versus Borodin
Glinka versus Stravinsky
Prokofiev versus Scriabin
Shostakovich versus Glinka
Rachmaninoff versus Balakirev
Rimsky-Korsakov versus Mussorgsky
That last match is a painful one. By all accounts Chesnokov shouldn’t have made the second round over Mussorgsky or Rimsky but this is Russia and who knows how the draw was established.
For that matter neither Khachaturian or Borodin should make it instead of Rimsky or Mussorgsky but once again it boils down to the draw.
Let’s get Tchaikovsky versus Cui started.
We might wonder who in the blazes Cui was. Cui was a composer associated with The Five but he was better known as a music critic than as a composer.
Throughout this lopsided match Cui continuously taunted Tchaikovsky with musical criticism. To his merit, Tchaikovsky merely pointed at the scoreboard in response to Cui’s japes. Although, when the this lopsided match was over Tchaikovsky did mutter--under his breath, “bitch-ass bitch”.
Cui was tacit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyVqq8dWRCs