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3. Why was Respighi’s time in Russia (between 1900-1902)  

    so important?  

Respighi worked with Rimsky-Korsakov, and absorbed the older master’s expertise in orchestration and orchestral color, eventually becoming one of the greatest masters of orchestral writing in the 20th century.



Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol excerpt

4.

Where did Respighi study in 1908-09, and why is this important?

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