Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum, Biographical museum near Vladimirskaya metro station, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum occupies Apartment 39 on the third floor of a five-storey building at 28 Zagorodny Prospekt, set back in a courtyard. The memorial rooms—entrance hall, study, drawing room and dining room—were restored from an inventory made by the composer's son, with original tiled stoves, a marble fireplace and a Becker piano in the drawing room.
The composer moved into the apartment in 1893 and remained there until his death in 1908. Following the Russian Revolution, the space was used as housing for several families before becoming a museum in 1971.
The place carries the composer's name and reflects the world of classical music in the early 1900s. Visitors can explore the personal setting where artists gathered for performances and discussed their creations.
The museum occupies apartment 39 on the third floor of a five-storey building set back in a courtyard off Zagorodny Prospekt, so look for the archway rather than a street entrance. The memorial rooms are the hall, study, drawing room and dining room; the exhibition and concert halls occupy the other rooms. The chamber concert hall seats 50, and organ concerts have been held here since 2012.
The composer's study holds no piano: Rimsky-Korsakov worked at a writing desk, while Nadezhda sat at a second desk correcting scores and making piano arrangements. The most prized exhibit is a golden pen given to him on 9 May 1880, the premiere of May Night at the Mariinsky Theatre; he used it for every later work and for his journal My Musical Life.
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