This is a brief biography of Russia's greatest musical dramatist, Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881), known the world over for his opera Boris Godunov, for his innovative realistic art songs, and for his pianistic work "Pictures at an Exhibition." Yet during his life Musorgsky had no institutional connections, no "degree," no family of his own, not even a permanent address. This book emphasizes the psychological and economic factors that contributed to the composer's remarkable autodidactic rise and tragic, premature end.
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'Emerson's biography seamlessly combines imaginative and reliable scholarship.' Times Literary Supplement
' ... if you want serious reflection and food for thought in what is far more than a mere chronicle, then Emerson is a historically reliable, aesthetically curious companion.' David Nice BBC Music Magazine
'Emerson manages to flesh out the man's character and to offer plausible theories as to the reasons for Musorgsky's decline.' The Musical Times
' ... if you want serious reflection and food for thought in what is far more than a mere chronicle, then Emerson is a historically reliable, aesthetically curious companion.' David Nice BBC Music Magazine
'Emerson manages to flesh out the man's character and to offer plausible theories as to the reasons for Musorgsky's decline.' The Musical Times
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This is a brief biography of Russia's greatest musical dramatist, Modest Musorgsky (1839 1881), known the world over for his opera BORIS Godunov, for his innovative realistic art songs, and for his pianistic work Pictures at an Exhibition. Yet during his life Musorgsky had no institutional connections, no 'degree', no family of his own, not even a permanent address. This book emphasises the psychological and economic factors that contributed to the composer's remarkable autodidactic rise and tragic, premature end.
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Modest Petrovich Musorgsky was born into an ancient gentry family in Karevo, Pskov province, on 9 March 1839, the fourth son Pyotr Alexeyevich Musirskoy and his wife Yulia Ivanovna, nee Chirikova. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theatre directorate, ofthe composer, historical opera, nationalist composers, functional harmony, key feeling, imperial theatres, musical texture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich, Liudmila Shestakova, Yulia Ivanovna, Agafya Matveyevna, Ilya Repin, Modest Musorgsky, Russian Musical Society, Vladimir Stasov, Anton Rubinstein, Cadet School, Dmitry Stasov, Peter the Great, Pyotr Alexeyevich, Svetik Savishna, The Forgotten One, Viktor Hartmann, Milii Balakirev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Old Believer, Alexander Borodin, Alexei Grigorievich, Tatiana Georgievna, The Stone Guest, Western Europe New!
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Modest Petrovich Musorgsky was born into an ancient gentry family in Karevo, Pskov province, on 9 March 1839, the fourth son Pyotr Alexeyevich Musirskoy and his wife Yulia Ivanovna, nee Chirikova. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theatre directorate, ofthe composer, historical opera, nationalist composers, functional harmony, key feeling, imperial theatres, musical texture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich, Liudmila Shestakova, Yulia Ivanovna, Agafya Matveyevna, Ilya Repin, Modest Musorgsky, Russian Musical Society, Vladimir Stasov, Anton Rubinstein, Cadet School, Dmitry Stasov, Peter the Great, Pyotr Alexeyevich, Svetik Savishna, The Forgotten One, Viktor Hartmann, Milii Balakirev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Old Believer, Alexander Borodin, Alexei Grigorievich, Tatiana Georgievna, The Stone Guest, Western Europe New!
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- Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin on 7 pages
- What is to Be Done? by Nikolai Chernyshevsky on 5 pages
- My Musical Life by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov on 4 pages
- Defining Russia Musically by Richard Taruskin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Dictionary Of Music And Musicians (9 Volumes)) (Music Book Index) by Sir George Grove in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Five Operas and a Symphony: Word and Music in Russian Culture (Russian Literature and Thought Series) by Boris Gasparov in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Shostakovich and His World (Bard Music Festival) by Laurel E. Fay in Back Matter
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