A piss-poor libretto led him to withdraw his opera Into the Fire, while he had more success with Encounter with a Miracle.
This man is the author of the musical treatise "Beautiful Things Evoke Goodness." A piss-poor libretto led him to withdraw his opera Into the Fire, while he had more success with Encounter with a Miracle. This man composed a pair of fluff operettas, Spring Sings and Sisters, in addition to a notable set of 24 preludes for piano, which came in the wake of his unsuccessful wartime piece The Great Homeland. This composer was also known for children's songs like "The Band of Four Friends" and "Schooldays," which he wrote while working on his first major work, "Poem of Struggle." The composer of a piano version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, he is better-known for operas based on Gorbatov's The Unvanquished and the life of Romain Rolland along with his third symphony, the "Requiem for Lenin." For 10 points name this Russian composer of The Taras Family and Colas Breugnon. 
This man is the author of the musical treatise "Beautiful Things Evoke Goodness."
Dmitry {Kabalevsky}