Today, 186 years ago, on March 21, 1839 (February 7, 1839), the Russian composer Mussolsky was born. Mussolsky, born March 21, 1839. From childhood he listened to Russian myths, and later these became his creative drives. He followed his mother's school of piano. Later he studied music and tried composition, and after meeting Grinka, his work became more Russian. After leaving the army, he created a specialty music. In 1866, he created a set of songs. In 1868, he began to create musical suites and orchestras for the opera. In 1869, he completed the script for the opera "Rosbow Godonov", and in 1874 his second composition became the first. Poet Kurtzow created two sets of sorrowful songs "No Sun" (1874) and "The Dance of Death" (1875