Gonzo's abbreviated rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebee"
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a Russian classical composer. While he composed many operas, one of his best known pieces is "Flight of the Bumblebee," from The Tale of Tsar Saltan.
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- "Flight of the Bumblebee" has been used multiple times in Muppet projects.
- The 1977 album Big Bird Leads the Band credits the role of The Band Leader (voiced by Dave Conner) to "L. Korsky-Davidoff."
- Music from Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite Scheherazade is used to score the 1991 Sesame Street book and audio set Scheherryzade and the Arabian Nights.