This work was considered so difficult, that Maurice Ravel made it a goal of his to make Gaspard de la nuit harder than it. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piano work composed in one month which was inspired by its composer’s trip to the Caucasus.
ANSWER: Islamey [or Islamey: Oriental Fantasy]
[10e] Islamey was composed by Mily Balakirev, a member of this group of Russian composers that included Cesar Cui and Modest Mussorgsky.
ANSWER: The Mighty Five [or The Mighty Handful]
[10m] The members of The Mighty Five were inspired by this Russian composer who composed the folk-inspired tune Kamarinskaya and the opera Ruslan and Lyudmilla.
ANSWER: Mikhail Glinka [or Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka]
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