<P> During his second visit to Russia in 1867, Berlioz met composer and pianist Anton Rubinstein, the director and founder of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory (he left his position that August to live in Germany). Other Russian composers he knew or at least had met include Mussorgsky, Rimsky - Korsakov, Vladimir Stasov, and Tchaikovsky . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 Performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra . Courtesy of Musopen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 Performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra . Courtesy of Musopen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr>

Was the first female music composer from whom a large number of compositions have survived