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Who is the father of Russian music?

Mikhail Glinka is the founder of the Russian national music school. His "Ivan Susanin" is the first truly ’s Russian national opera, in which Glinka added the characteristics of Russian folk songs to the framework of traditional Italian opera. This work, together with his other masterpiece "Ruslan and Lyudmila", laid the foundation of Russian national opera. Therefore, Glinka is revered as the founder of Russian nationalist music. Glinka is the true founder of Russian national music and is honored as the "Father of Russian Music". He created broad prospects for the development of Russian national music and played a decisive role in the development of Russian national music. After him, a large number of national music masters with mature ideas and superb skills appeared in Russia.