Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
Author : Burton D. Fisher
Publisher : Opera Journeys Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 10,59 MB
Release : 2002-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 1102009229
Five Operas and a Symphony
Author : Boris Gasparov
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,18 MB
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0300133162
Book Description
In this eagerly anticipated book, Boris Gasparov gazes through the lens of music to find an unusual perspective on Russian cultural and literary history. He discusses six major works of Russian music from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, showing the interplay of musical texts with their literary and historical sources within the ideological and cultural contexts of their times. Each musical work becomes a tableau representing a moment in Russian history, and together the works form a coherent story of ideological and aesthetic trends as they evolved in Russia from the time of Pushkin to the rise of totalitarianism in the 1930s. Gasparov discusses Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmilla (1842), Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov (1871) and Khovanshchina (1881), Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (1878) and The Queen of Spades (1890), and Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony (1934). Offering new interpretations to enhance our understanding and appreciation of these important works, Gasparov also demonstrates how Russian music and cultural history illuminate one another.
Musorgsky
Author : David Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 13,35 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780198165873
Book Description
When the inspiration was upon him, he could apply himself with superhuman intensity, as he did when composing the initial version of Boris Godunov. Sadly, Musorgsky deteriorated in his final years, suffering periods of inner turmoil, when his alcoholism would be out of control. Finally, unemployed and all but destitute, he died at age forty-two. His failure to complete his two remaining operas, Khovanshchina and Sorochintsy Fair, Brown concludes, is one of music's greatest tragedies."--BOOK JACKET.
Boris Godunov, Little Tragedies, and Others
Author : Alexander Pushkin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2023-01-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0593467574
Book Description
The award-winning translators bring us the complete plays of the most acclaimed Russian writer of the Romantic era. Known as the father of Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin was celebrated for his dramas as well as his poetry and stories. His most famous play is Boris Godunov (later adapted into a popular opera by Mussorgsky), a tale of ambition and murder centered on the sixteenth-century Tsar who preceded the Romanovs. Pushkin was inspired by the example of Shakespeare to create this panoramic drama, with its richly varied cast of characters and artful blend of comic and tragic scenes. Pushkin’s shorter forays into verse drama include The Water Nymph, A Scene from Faust, and the four brief plays known as the Little Tragedies: The Miserly Knight, set in medieval France; Mozart and Salieri, which inspired the popular film Amadeus; The Stone Guest, a tale of Don Juan in Madrid; and A Feast in a Time of Plague, in which a group of revelers defy quarantine in plague-ridden London. These new translations of the complete plays, from the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, freshly reveal the range of Pushkin’s enduring artistry.
Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works
Author : Alexander Pushkin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 17,45 MB
Release : 2009-08-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0199554048
Book Description
James E. Falen's verse translation consists of 'Boris Godunov', 'A Scene from Faust', the four 'Little Tragedies' and 'Rusalka'. The text features an introduction on Russia's most cosmopolitan playwright.
Modest Musorgsky and Boris Godunov
Author : Caryl Emerson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521369763
Book Description
Caryl Emerson and Robert Oldani take a comprehensive look at the most famous Russian opera, Modest Musorgsky's Boris Godunov.
The Minotaur
Author : Harrison Birtwistle
Publisher : Boosey & Hawkes Incorporated
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 42,62 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Drama
ISBN :
Book Description
Retelling of the myth of the Cretan Minotaur, this book considers the inner world of the Minotaur himself, and suggests a dark and compelling reason for Ariadne's intense relationship with Theseus.
Testimony
Author : Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich Shostakovich
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 45,78 MB
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Composers
ISBN : 9780571227921
Book Description
With the composer's consent, the manuscript was smuggled out of Soviet Russia - but Shostakovich, fearing reprisals, stipulated that the book should not appear until after his death. Ever since its publication in 1979 it has been the subject of controversy, some suggesting that Volkov invented parts of it, but most affirming that it revealed a profoundly ambivalent Shostakovich which the world had never seen before - his life at once triumphant and tragic. Either way, it remains indispensable to an understanding of Shostakovich's life and work. Testimony is intense and fiercely ironic, both plain-spoken and outspoken.
Boris Godunov
Author : Modest Mussorgsky
Publisher : Alma Books
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 49,35 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0714544981
Book Description
This famous work has had a chequered performance history, and Professor Laurel E. Fay points out that the interpretation of the opera depends on which edition is used. Robert Oldani introduces the "e;Boris problem"e;: Pushkin's play was not an obvious choice for a young composer, since it had been banned for forty years, and it is the Russian people, rather than any single character, who is the protagonist. Alex de Jonge examines its uniquely Russian character and notes the unsettling parallels of the history of old Russia with today. Nigel Osborne's comparison of the Rimsky-Korsakov and Mussorgsky versions highlights their individual qualities.Contents: Looking into 'Boris Godunov', Robert W. Oldani; A Historical Introduction, Nicholas John; The Drama and Music of 'Boris', Laurel E. Fay; Around 'Boris Godunov', Alex de Jonge; Boris: prince or peasant?, Nigel Osborne; Boris Godunov: Russian libretto (transliterated), Modest Mussorgsky; Boris Godunov: English translation by David Lloyd-Jones
Stokowski
Author : Oliver Daniel
Publisher : New York : Dodd, Mead & Company
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 39,22 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
Daniel, long time associate and friend unfolds "Stoki's" extraordinary career, spanning more than 75 years of music-making. The story of this conductor's involvement with the musical institutions of this century, his vigor, productivity and vision, is closely entwined with the history of music in America. Though there were many facets to Stokowski's personality, including his vanity, showmanship, and love of publicity, Daniel reminds us that behind the glamour and headlines, Stokowski's contribution to music was profound and of lasting importance. The author's style is anecdotal, relying on extensive quotations from memoirs, correspondence and especially personal interviews. ISBN 0-396-07936-9.
