Alexander Borodin

Composer

Alexander Borodin

1833 - 1887
Biography

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian composer and chemist. Although better known for his composition, Borodin is also well known for his work concerning organic synthesis, nucleophilic substition, and the aldol reaction, as well as founding the School of Medicine for Women in Saint Petersburg. 

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Song List

This list is likely to be of songs that have been performed at Oxford International Song Festivals and Oxford Song events, and may not be comprehensive of this composer's compositions. This database is ever growing as a work in progress, with further songs regularly being added.

Morskaja Carevna, 'The Sea Princess' (1868) Alexander Borodin
Spyashchaya Knyazhna, 'The Sleeping Princess' Alexander Borodin

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