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href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Rubinstein" title="Nikolai Rubinstein – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Nikolai Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Rubinstein" title="Nikolaj Rubinstein – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nikolaj Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Rubinstein" title="Nikolaj Rubinstein – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Nikolaj Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Grigorjewitsch_Rubinstein" title="Nikolai Grigorjewitsch Rubinstein – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nikolai Grigorjewitsch Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Rubinstein" title="Nikolai Rubinstein – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Nikolai Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikol%C3%A1i_Rubinstein" title="Nikolái Rubinstein – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Nikolái Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Rubinstein" title="Nikolaj Rubinstein – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Nikolaj Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="نیکلای روبینشتاین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نیکلای روبینشتاین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola%C3%AF_Rubinstein" title="Nikolaï Rubinstein – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Nikolaï Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%BD%9C%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4_%EB%A3%A8%EB%B9%88%EC%8B%9C%ED%85%8C%EC%9D%B8" title="니콜라이 루빈시테인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="니콜라이 루빈시테인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B5_%D5%8C%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A2%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B6" title="Նիկոլայ Ռուբինշտեյն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Նիկոլայ Ռուբինշտեյն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Rubinstein" title="Nikolaj Rubinstein – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Nikolaj Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Rubinstein" title="Nikolai Rubinstein – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Nikolai Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Grigor%27evi%C4%8D_Rubin%C5%A1tejn" title="Nikolaj Grigor'evič Rubinštejn – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nikolaj Grigor'evič Rubinštejn" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F" title="ניקולאי רובינשטיין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ניקולאי רובינשטיין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ნიკოლაი რუბინშტეინი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნიკოლაი რუბინშტეინი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Николай Григорьевич Рубинштейн – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Николай Григорьевич Рубинштейн" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Рубинштейн Николай Григорьевич – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Рубинштейн Николай Григорьевич" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Rubinstein" title="Nicolaus Rubinstein – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Nicolaus Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyikolaj_Grigorjevics_Rubinstejn" title="Nyikolaj Grigorjevics Rubinstejn – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nyikolaj Grigorjevics Rubinstejn" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%98_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BD" title="Николај Рубинштајн – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Николај Рубинштајн" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86" title="نيكولاى روبنشتاين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نيكولاى روبنشتاين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Rubinstein" title="Nikolaj Rubinstein – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nikolaj Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3" title="ニコライ・ルビンシテイン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ニコライ・ルビンシテイン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Rubinstein" title="Nikolaj Rubinstein – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Nikolaj Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Rubinstein" title="Nikolaj Rubinstein – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Nikolaj Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko%C5%82aj_Rubinstein" title="Nikołaj Rubinstein – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Nikołaj Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Rubinstein" title="Nikolai Rubinstein – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Nikolai Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD,_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Рубинштейн, Николай Григорьевич – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Рубинштейн, Николай Григорьевич" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Rubinstein" title="Nikolai Rubinstein – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Nikolai Rubinstein" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li 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class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Nikolai_Rubinstein_1872.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Nikolai_Rubinstein_1872.jpg/220px-Nikolai_Rubinstein_1872.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Nikolai_Rubinstein_1872.jpg/330px-Nikolai_Rubinstein_1872.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Nikolai_Rubinstein_1872.jpg/440px-Nikolai_Rubinstein_1872.jpg 2x" data-file-width="947" data-file-height="1328" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Nikolai Rubinstein in 1872</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1835<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1881 (aged 45)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Novodevichy_Cemetery" title="Novodevichy Cemetery">Novodevichy Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Pianist, conductor, composer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Founder of the <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Conservatory" title="Moscow Conservatory">Moscow Conservatory</a> (1859)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p> <b>Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Николай Григорьевич Рубинштейн</span>; 14 June [<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 2 June] 1835 – 23 March [<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 11 March] 1881) was a Russian <a href="/wiki/Pianist" title="Pianist">pianist</a>, conductor, and <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a>. He was the younger brother of <a href="/wiki/Anton_Rubinstein" title="Anton Rubinstein">Anton Rubinstein</a> and a close friend of <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Rubinstein&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born to <a href="/wiki/Russian_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Jews">Jewish</a> parents in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, where his father had just opened a small factory, Rubinstein showed talent at the keyboard early on. He studied piano first with his mother, and while the family was in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> between 1844 and 1846, he studied piano with <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Kullak" title="Theodor Kullak">Theodor Kullak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harmony" title="Harmony">harmony</a> and <a href="/wiki/Counterpoint" title="Counterpoint">counterpoint</a> with Siegfried Dehn; during this time both he and his brother <a href="/wiki/Anton_Rubinstein" title="Anton Rubinstein">Anton</a> attracted the interest and support of <a href="/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn" title="Felix Mendelssohn">Mendelssohn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Meyerbeer" title="Giacomo Meyerbeer">Meyerbeer</a>. When the family returned to Moscow, Nikolai studied with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Villoing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexander Villoing (page does not exist)">Alexander Villoing</a>, who also toured with him. He studied medicine to avoid army conscription, graduating from <a href="/wiki/Moscow_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow University">Moscow University</a> in 1855.<sup id="cite_ref-garden21850_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garden21850-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rubinstein_N_%26_A_Postcard-1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rubinstein_N_%26_A_Postcard-1910.jpg/220px-Rubinstein_N_%26_A_Postcard-1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rubinstein_N_%26_A_Postcard-1910.jpg/330px-Rubinstein_N_%26_A_Postcard-1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rubinstein_N_%26_A_Postcard-1910.jpg/440px-Rubinstein_N_%26_A_Postcard-1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="652" data-file-height="834" /></a><figcaption>Brothers Rubinstein: Nikolai (<i>left</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Anton_Rubinstein" title="Anton Rubinstein">Anton</a>, 1862</figcaption></figure> <p>As a result of his playing, Rubinstein was welcomed in all the fashionable artistocratic houses in Moscow. He co-founded the Moscow branch of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Musical_Society" title="Russian Musical Society">Russian Musical Society</a> in 1859 and the <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Conservatory" title="Moscow Conservatory">Moscow Conservatory</a> in 1866 with <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Petrovitch_Troubetzkoy" title="Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy">Prince Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy</a>, serving as director of the latter until his death in 1881. He hired <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a>, then newly graduated from the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Conservatory" title="Saint Petersburg Conservatory">Saint Petersburg Conservatory</a>, to teach harmony at Moscow Conservatory. He actively encouraged Tchaikovsky's creative efforts and performed his compositions. Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky had a well-known falling-out over the latter's <a href="/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._1_(Tchaikovsky)" title="Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)">First Piano Concerto</a>, but Rubinstein later revised his position and became an ardent champion of the work. Rubinstein conducted the premiere of Tchaikovsky's opera <i><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Onegin_(opera)" title="Eugene Onegin (opera)">Eugene Onegin</a></i> in 1879. Tchaikovsky wrote his <a href="/wiki/Piano_Trio_(Tchaikovsky)" title="Piano Trio (Tchaikovsky)">Piano Trio in A minor</a> in Rubinstein's memory after he died from <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-garden21850_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garden21850-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rubinstein also conducted and performed music of the nationalistic music group "<a href="/wiki/The_Five_(composers)" title="The Five (composers)">The Five</a>" to a much greater degree than his brother. In 1869, when the group's leader, <a href="/wiki/Mily_Balakirev" title="Mily Balakirev">Mily Balakirev</a>, was forced to resign as conductor of the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Musical Society, Rubinstein gave Balakirev his support,<sup id="cite_ref-garden21850_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garden21850-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> playing at concerts of the Free Music School as Balakirev's guest.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also gave the first performance of Balakirev's piano work <i><a href="/wiki/Islamey:_an_Oriental_Fantasy" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamey: an Oriental Fantasy">Islamey</a></i>, the work for which he is best known today.<sup id="cite_ref-garden21850_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garden21850-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pianism">Pianism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Rubinstein&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pianism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nikolai Rubinstein was generally regarded as one of the greatest pianists of his time, although now his reputation is overshadowed by that of his brother Anton. His pianistic style was quite at odds with that of his fiery brother. He instead opted for a restrained classicism more in line with the musical values of <a href="/wiki/Clara_Schumann" title="Clara Schumann">Clara Schumann</a> than <a href="/wiki/Franz_Liszt" title="Franz Liszt">Franz Liszt</a>. <a href="/wiki/Edward_Garden" title="Edward Garden">Edward Garden</a> writes in the <i>New Grove</i> (2001), "His performances emphasized salient details of the structure of a piece and revealed great clarity of detail."<sup id="cite_ref-garden21850_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garden21850-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Harold_C._Schonberg" title="Harold C. Schonberg">Harold C. Schonberg</a>, Anton Rubinstein is reported to have said that "if Nikolai had really worked on it, he could have been the better pianist of the two."<sup id="cite_ref-schonberg279_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schonberg279-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of Nikolai's pupils, <a href="/wiki/Emil_von_Sauer" title="Emil von Sauer">Emil von Sauer</a>, wrote a comparison of the two brothers' playing styles in 1895: </p> <blockquote><p>It is difficult to say which was the better pianist. In every way as different as the brothers were in personal appearance—the one dark, almost to blackness; the other very fair — so different was their playing. The playing of Nicholas was more like that of <a href="/wiki/Carl_Tausig" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Tausig">Tausig</a>, only warmer and more impulsive. Perhaps Anton Rubinstein was the more inspired player of the two, but he was unequal. Nicholas never varied; his playing both in private and in public was always the same, and he kept up the same standard of excellence.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Students">Students</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Rubinstein&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Students"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nikolai Rubinstein's best-known piano students were <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Taneyev" title="Sergei Taneyev">Sergei Taneyev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emil_von_Sauer" title="Emil von Sauer">Emil von Sauer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Siloti" title="Alexander Siloti">Alexander Siloti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-garden21850_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garden21850-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sauer and Siloti went on to study under <a href="/wiki/Franz_Liszt" title="Franz Liszt">Franz Liszt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His other notable pupils included <a href="/wiki/Ina_Lange" title="Ina Lange">Ina Lange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Jedliczka" title="Ernst Jedliczka">Ernst Jedliczka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henryk_Pachulski" title="Henryk Pachulski">Henryk Pachulski</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_a_composer">As a composer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Rubinstein&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: As a composer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ngrubinstein_grave.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Ngrubinstein_grave.JPG/170px-Ngrubinstein_grave.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Ngrubinstein_grave.JPG/255px-Ngrubinstein_grave.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Ngrubinstein_grave.JPG/340px-Ngrubinstein_grave.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2816" /></a><figcaption>Grave of Nikolai Rubinstein in <a href="/wiki/Novodevichy_Cemetery" title="Novodevichy Cemetery">Novodevichy Cemetery</a>, Moscow.</figcaption></figure> <p>Rubinstein was also a composer of some note, though Garden dismisses his music as "unimportant.<sup id="cite_ref-garden21850_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garden21850-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among his most popular works is his <i><a href="/wiki/Tarantella" title="Tarantella">Tarantella</a></i> in G minor and his <a href="/wiki/Fantasia_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasia (music)">Fantasia</a> on a Theme by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Schumann" title="Robert Schumann">Schumann</a>, both for piano solo. When asked why he did not compose more than he did, he replied that his brother Anton "composed enough for three."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worklist_(incomplete)"><span id="Worklist_.28incomplete.29"></span>Worklist (incomplete)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Rubinstein&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Worklist (incomplete)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Op. 11 - Two mazurkas</li> <li>Op. 13 - Bolero</li> <li>Op. 14 - Tarentelle in G minor (pub. 1861 for solo piano; pub. 1877 for piano duet; also arranged for 2 pianos)</li> <li>Op. 15 - Polka for piano in E-flat major</li> <li>Op. 16 - Valse in A-flat major (later arranged for 2 pianos)</li> <li>Op. 17 - Scene de Bal (later arranged for 2 pianos)</li> <li>WoO - Two Feuilles d'Album</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Rubinstein&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-garden21850-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-garden21850_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garden21850_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garden21850_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garden21850_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garden21850_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garden21850_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garden21850_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Garden, <i>New Grove (2001)</i>, 21:850.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Nikolay_Rubinstein">Nikolay Rubinstein</a>. Tchaikovsky Research</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maes, 45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-schonberg279-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-schonberg279_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Schonberg, 279.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As quoted in Schonberg, 279.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Schonberg, 317, 323—324.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As quoted in Garden, <i>New Grove (2001)</i>, 21:850.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Rubinstein&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Garden, Edward, ed. Stanley Sadie, <i>New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition</i> (London: Macmilian, 2001), 29 vols. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-333-60800-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-333-60800-3">0-333-60800-3</a>.</li> <li>Maes, Francis, tr. <a href="/wiki/Arnold_J._Pomerans" class="mw-redirect" title="Arnold J. Pomerans">Arnold J. Pomerans</a> and Erica Pomerans, <i>A History of Russian Music: From </i>Kamarinskaya <i>to</i> Babi Yar (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2002). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-520-21815-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-520-21815-9">0-520-21815-9</a>.</li> <li>Schonberg, Harold C., <i>The Great Pianists</i> (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987, 1963). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-64200-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-64200-6">0-671-64200-6</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071129202113/http://www.sonoraproductions.com/s022584.html">Note regarding dedication</a> of Tchaikovsky's 1st Symphony to Rubinstein</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050215053602/http://www.laphil.org/resources/piece_detail.cfm?id=1226">L.A Philharmonic</a> reference to Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky's String quartet No. 1</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050404023448/http://www.mosconsv.ru/foreign/foreign.html">Article</a> about Rubinstein's role in founding The Moscow State Conservatory</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Rubinstein&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 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