Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov

Andrey Nikolayevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков, romanized: Andréy Nikoláyevich Rímskiy-Kórsakov; October 17, 1878 – May 23, 1940) was a musicologist and son of the Russian composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova.

He was encouraged in musical pursuits, playing cello in the family string quartet.

Rimsky-Korsakov studied philosophy at university and went on to teach the subject in gymnasiums until 1912, when he took the position of music correspondent for the Russian paper Russkaya molva.

(Despite being a friend of Igor Stravinsky, among Rimsky-Korsakov's writings for that publication is included a scathing review of The Rite of Spring.)

He then went on to become founding editor of the first Russian music magazine, Muzïkal'nïy sovremennik (1915–17), which covered musicological study as well as concerts.