<P> `` Flight of the Bumblebee '' is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan , composed in 1899 -- 1900 . Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee . Despite the piece 's being a rather incidental part of the opera , it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture . </P>
<P> `` Flight of the Bumblebee '' is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan , composed in 1899 -- 1900 . Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee . Despite the piece 's being a rather incidental part of the opera , it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture . </P>
who wrote the song flight of the bumblebee
who wrote the song flight of the bumblebee
Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov