In the article I've read: http://russmus.net/music/, it talks about the music that was popular in Russia in 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st century. In the 18th and 19th century, Russian classical music was made and Russian classical music are like operas, folk music, or choral music. In that time, some musicians have composed Italian tradition music into their music. Mikhail Glinka was the first Russian composer that showed native Russian tradition music. Folk music had became a main topic for young composers and most Folk music is based on Folk Tales, Russian history, and being romantic. This is where the Russian music society started to happen that was led by composer-pianists, Anton and Nikolay Rubinstein. In the 20th century, the music that was popular in that time was Soviet music. Soviet music is like Jazz, Pop
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