| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirevich |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | Bo·ro·din |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bôr  -d n , bär-, b-r-dn |
| DATES: | 1833–1887 |
| Russian composer and chemist whose musical works were based on Russian folk themes and include the opera Prince Igor, unfinished at his death.
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
