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Musorgsky Remembered / compiled and edited by Alexandra Orlova ; translated by Veronique Zaytzeff and Frederick Morrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orlova, Alexandra, Editor.
- Series:
- Russian music studies
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.
- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich.
- Composers.
- Composers--Russia.
- Russia.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Indiana University Press 1991
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1991]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a single volume, Alexandra Orlova has assembled the most complete and up-to-date collection of memoirs by contemporaries of the Russian composer Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839-1881). These thirty-six reminiscences were written by well- known figures of the Russian musical scene at the time (including the composers Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Balakirev; the critics Vladimir Stasov and Mikhail Ivanov; and several performing musicians) as well as by little-known people who were privileged to have met the composer. A well-defined image of Musorgsky emerges from the various accounts: a small, delicate-looking man, immaculately dressed, always a welcome guest at fashionable homes; and, unfortunately, an alcoholic. Skillful as an accompanist and improviser at the piano, Musorgsky was exceedingly generous with his time and talent as a performer at concerts for the benefit of students. We see him among his musical colleagues, the so-called Balakirev circle, trying out their latest compositions for one another at social gatherings. Some of the most poignant memoirs recount emotion-filled visits with Musorgsky in the hospital during his last illness. Most of the memoirists are truthful, objective, and loving. Their accounts, coupled with Orlova' s copious notes, provide a valuable insight into Musorgsky's life and personality.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- OCLC:
- 1355762296
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