The Mighty Handful, also known as The Mighty Five was a group of Russian composers, brought together by their aim to compose a specific kind of Russian music which differs from the music of the West. Who were the five members of this group?
- Alexander Borodin, Modest Musorgsky, Nikolau Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Dmitri Ivan Zokrav
- Mily Balakirev, Alexander Borodin, Cesar Cui, Modest Musorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Mily Balakirev, Stanislaw Korasoff, Ivan Novogny, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Petr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Alexander Borodin, Cesar Cui, Modest Musorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korakov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer
The correct answer is B) Mily Balakirev, Alexander Borodin, Cesar Cui, Modest Musorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
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