César Cui
Russian composer and army officer · Russia · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1835 to 1918 · aged 83
César Antonovich Cui was a Russian composer and music critic, member of the Belyayev circle and The Five - a group of composers gathered by the idea of creating a specifically Russian type of music.
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Cui among artists of the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre, 1902
Grave of Malvina and César Cui, Tikhvin Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Caricature of Cui by Rayevsky, based on a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme. The gladiators in the center bear shields inscribed with the titles of Cui's operas William Ratcliff, The Mandarin's Son, and Angelo.
Portrait of César Cui by Ilya Repin, 1890, (Tretyakov Gallery)
Portrait of Cesar Cui by Ilya Repin (sketch), 1900Awards
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As an officer of the Imperial Russian Army, he rose to the rank of engineer-general, taught fortifications in Russian military academies and wrote a number of monographs on the subject.
