Musorgsky : his life and works / David Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, David, 1929-2014, author.

Series:

Master musicians.

Oxford scholarship online.

The master musicians

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich.

Composers--Russia--Biography.

Composers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Musorgsky was one of the towering and tragic figures of 19th century Russian music. Largely an amateur, he nevertheless emerged in his first opera, 'Boris Godunov', as a supreme musical dramatist, presenting original song compositions and a gift for uncovering the texts' emotional content.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Dates; 1 Childhood and Early Years; 2 The Making of a Composer I; 3 The Making of a Composer II; 4 The Early Songs I; 5 Salammbô; 6 The Early Songs II; 7 St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain: More Songs; 8 The Marriage: Towards Boris; 9 Boris Godunov: Composition and Production; 10 Boris Godunov: The Music; 11 Life alongside Boris I: The Nursery Completed; 12 Life alongside Boris II: Khovanshchina Begun; 13 Two Relationships: Pictures at an Exhibition and Sunless; 14 Khovanshchina

15 Songs and Dances of Death: Last Songs16 Sorochintsy Fair; 17 Final Years; 18 Postlude: The Century Since; Appendices; A: Calendar; B: List of Works; C: Personalia; D: Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-385) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772868-5

0-19-977292-4

OCLC:

930059082