Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was an important Russian composer of the first half of the 19th century. His compositions ushered in a new era of musical composition in Russia based on European influences. In so doing, he built a musical pathway for his successors, notably The Five or The Mighty Handful (Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Alexander Borodin).

Glinka's romance, The Lark, was transcribed for piano by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev.