Musical Offerings Volume 10 Number 2 Fall 2019 Article 1 10-7-2019 Understanding the Cultural and Nationalistic Impacts of the moguchaya kuchka Austin M. Doub Cedarville University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/musicalofferings Part of the Diplomatic History Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Fine Arts Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Performance Commons, Music Theory Commons, and the Russian Literature Commons DigitalCommons@Cedarville provides a publication platform for fully open access journals, which means that all articles are available on the Internet to all users immediately upon publication. However, the opinions and sentiments expressed by the authors of articles published in our journals do not necessarily indicate the endorsement or reflect the views of DigitalCommons@Cedarville, the Centennial Library, or Cedarville University and its employees. The authors are solely responsible for the content of their work. Please address questions to [email protected]. Recommended Citation Doub, Austin M. (2019) "Understanding the Cultural and Nationalistic Impacts of the moguchaya kuchka," Musical Offerings: Vol. 10 : No. 2 , Article 1. DOI: 10.15385/jmo.2019.10.2.1 Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/musicalofferings/vol10/iss2/1 Understanding the Cultural and Nationalistic Impacts of the moguchaya kuchka Document Type Article Abstract This paper explores Russian culture beginning in the mid nineteenth-century as the leading group of composers and musicians known as the moguchaya kuchka, or The Mighty Five, sought to influence Russian culture and develop a "pure" school of Russian music amid rampant westernization. Comprised of César Cui, Alexander Borodin, Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, this group of inspired musicians opposed westernization and supported Official Nationalismy b the incorporation of folklore, local village traditions, and promotion of their Tsar as a supreme political leader. In particular, the works of Balakirev, Cui, and Mussorgsky established cultural pride and contributed to Russian nationalism. Through studying the works and cultural context of these three influential composers, one can gain both a better understanding of the essence of Russian Official Nationalism in the nineteenth century and an enriched appreciation for the prevalent Russian musical styles and compositional techniques that were employed to achieve a unique "Russian" sound. Keywords Nationalism, moguchaya kuchka, Russia, Russian culture Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. 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