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Modest Musorgsky and Boris Godunov: Myths, Realities, Reconsiderations

By Caryl Emerson , Robert William Oldani

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1994
ISBN
0 521 361931
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
34 MB (35726994 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
354\354
Topic
Art Music
Time added
2019-09-08 15:10:13

Description

Contents......Page 8 List of illustrations page......Page 10 List of tables......Page 11 Preface and acknowledgments......Page 12 Part I. Background......Page 16 1. Tsar Boris in history......Page 18 2. Musorgsky’s literary sources, Karamzin and Pushkin......Page 27 3. Narrative and musical synopsis of the opera......Page 50 4. History of the composition, rejection, revision, and acceptance of Boris Godunov......Page 82 5. A tale of two productions — St. Petersburg (1874-1882), Paris (1908)......Page 106 Part II. Entr’acte......Page 140 6. Boris and the censor: documents......Page 142 7. The opera through the years: selected texts in criticism......Page 149 Part III. Interpretation......Page 196 8. The Boris libretto as a formal, literary, and historical problem......Page 198 9. The music......Page 240 10. Boris Godunov during the jubilee decade: the 1980s and beyond......Page 293 Notes......Page 304 Discography......Page 332 Select bibliography......Page 339 Index......Page 348

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