Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
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The Flight of the Bumblebee has emerged as the most famous passage from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan.
The music occurs in the opera when Prince Gvidon consents to be turned into a bumblebee by a magical Swan, whose life he saved in his youth.
The piece has been arranged many times for piano and various other instruments and ensembles.