On Russian Music
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On Russian Music

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On Russian Music

About this book

First published in 1939, On Russian Music was conceived by Gerald Abraham as a sequel to his earlier Studies in Russian Music (1935, also in Faber Finds), and complements the previous work in many useful respects. Glinka moves to the forefront via close study of both of his operas. A historical account of the composition of Borodin's Prince Igor enriches the critical study made in the first book. And chapters on Mlada and Tsar Saltan round out Abraham's appreciations of the major operas of Rimsky-Korsakov.

There are also critical and historical essays on works by Mussorgsky, DargomĂŻzhsky, Tchaikovsky and other composers, and analyses that, in their time, threw new light on the programmatic meaning of such well-known compositions as Scheherazade and the Path Ă©tique symphony. The book is superbly illustrated with music examples throughout.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9780571307289
Edition
0
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Classical Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. I. “A Life for the Tsar”
  8. II. “Ruslan and Lyudmila”
  9. III. Glinka, Dargomïzhsky and “The Rusalka”
  10. IV. Dargomïzhsky’s Orchestral Pieces
  11. V. The Whole-Tone Scale in Russian Music
  12. VI. Oriental Elements in Russian Music
  13. VII. Liszt’s Influence on the “Mighty Handful”
  14. VIII. The Collective “Mlada”
  15. IX. Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Mlada”
  16. X. “Tsar Saltan”
  17. XI. New Light on Old Friends.
  18. XII. The History of “Prince Igor”
  19. XIII. Borodin’s Songs
  20. XIV. Balakirev’s Symphonies
  21. XV. Balakirev’s Music to “King Lear”
  22. XVI. Balakirev’s Piano Sonata
  23. XVII. “The Fair of Sorochintsy” and Cherepnin’s Completion of It
  24. XVIII. “Eugene Onegin” and Tchaïkovsky’s Marriage
  25. XIX. Glazunov: The End of an Episode
  26. XX. Some Psychological Peculiarities of Russian Creative Artists
  27. XXI. The Evolution of Russian Harmony
  28. Index
  29. Copyright