Rimsky-Korsakov : letters to his family and friends / Tatiana Rimsky-Korsakov ; edited by Malcolm J. Crocker and Margarita Maksotskaya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rimskai︠a︡-Korsakova, T. V. (Tatʹi︠a︡na Vladimirovna)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908.

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay.

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908--Family.

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908--Friends and associates.

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908--Correspondence.

Composers--Russia--Biography.

Composers.

Friends and associates.

Families.

Russia.

Composers--Russia--Correspondence.

Friendship.

Genre:

Biographies.

Correspondence.

Records and correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

x, 406 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee : Amadeus Press, 2016.

Contents:

1 Beginnings 1

2 The Sailor 35

3 Falling in Love 59

4 A Busy Musical Life, 1874-1881 79

5 The Snow Maiden, September 1881-June 1884 97

6 Transitions and Travels 113

7 Completing the Work of Others, 1884-1889 129

8 Recognition, 1888-1891 145

9 "I Fell Out of Love with Music," 1891-1892 167

10 Return to Musical Life 191

11 From Mozart and Salieri to Tsar Saltan, 1897-1899 211

12 Travels and Triumphs, 1899-1901 233

13 "My Own Monastery-My Art," 1901-1902 255

14 The Last Russian Music 283

15 "Live and Love Living," 1905-1906 305

16 The Last Opera: The Golden Cockerel 327

17 Final Days, September 1907-June 1908 349.

Notes:

Translated from the Russian by Lilia Timofeeva. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's granddaughter Tatiana (1915-2006) presents a rare and revealing look at the composer through his letters. With an editor's note, preface, notes and index. Black & white photos.

ISBN:

1574674544

9781574674545

OCLC:

962422012

Publisher Number:

888680009274

HL00127687 Amadeus Press