Musorgsky remembered / compiled and edited by Alexandra Orlova ; translated by Véronique Zaytzeff and Frederick Morrison.
| Other author/creator | Orlova, A. A. (Aleksandra Anatolʹevna), 1911- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Zaytzeff, Véronique, 1936-2010, translator. |
| Other author/creator | Morrison, Frederick, 1942- translator. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1991. |
| Description | xiii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Uniform title | M. P. Musorgskiĭ. English. Selections. |
| Series | Russian music studies Russian music studies (Bloomington, Ind.) ^A319529 |
| Contents | Nikolai Kompaneiskii -- Vladimir Stasov -- Filaret Musorgsky -- Aleksandr Borodin -- Milii Balakirev -- Aleksandra Unkovskaia -- V.U. -- Nadezhda Rimskaia-Korsakova -- Sofiia Fortunato -- Varvara Komarova-Stasova -- Liudmila Shestakova -- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov -- Poliksena Stasova -- Elizaveta Dianina -- Il'ia Repin -- Iuliia Platonova -- Eduard Napravnik -- Semyon Kruglikov -- Arsenii Golenishchev-Kutuzov -- Nikolai Cherepnin [Tcherepnin] -- Dmitrii Stakheev -- Nikolai Bruni -- Anna Vrubel' -- Aleksandr Molas. |
| Abstract | This volume assembles 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 the editor's copious notes, provide a valuable insight into Musorgsky's life and personality. |
| General note | Revised translation of: M.P. Musorgskiĭ. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-180) and index. |
| LCCN | 90025310 |
| ISBN | 0253342643 (alk. paper) |
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| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.M97 M2213 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |