Respectable people do not write music or make love as a career.

1 in E flat major; it was first performed in 1869 with Balakirev conducting. Musical legacy

Borodin's fame outside the Russian Empire was made possible during his lifetime by Franz Liszt who arranged a performance of the Symphony No. In 1880 he composed the popular symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia.

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer doctor and chemist. He is best known for his symphonies his two string quartets In the Steppes of Central Asia and his opera Prince Igor. Petersburg.