The New Grove Russian masters / David Brown, Gerald Abraham, David Lloyd-Jones, Edward Garden, Hugh Macdonald, Geoffrey Norris, Rita McAllister, Boris Schwarz.

Other author Brown, David, 1929-2014.
Format Book
Edition1st American edition in book form with additions.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton, 1986.
Description2 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Composers--Soviet Union. --Biography.
Music--Russia. --19th century. --History and criticism.

SeriesThe Composer biography series
Composer biography series. ^A665630
Contents Volume 1. Mikhail Glinka / David Brown. 1804-34 ; 1834-42 ; 1843-57 ; Style and influence ; Work-list -- Alexander Borodin / Gerald Abraham (I, bibliography), David Lloyd-Jones (II, work-list). Life ; Works ; Work-list -- Mily Balakirev / Gerald Abraham, Edward Garden (work-list). Life ; Works ; Work-list -- Modest Musorgsky / Gerald Abraham. Life ; Posthumous completion of works ; Style and aesthetic ; Work-list -- Pytor Il'yich Tchaikovsky / David Brown. 1840-70 ; High nationalism, 1870-74 ; Increasing problems, 1874-7 ; Marriage: crisis and aftermath, 1877-8 ; Creative trough, 1878-84 ; Creative renewal, 1884-90 ; Last years, 1891-3 ; Technique and style.
Contents Volume 2. Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov / Gerald Abraham. Life ; Works ; Work-list -- Alexander Skryabin / Hugh Macdonald. Life ; Works ; Work-list -- Sergey Rakhmaninov / Geoffrey Norris. Life ; Works ; Work-list -- Sergey Prokofiev / Rita McAllister. Russia: 1891-1918 ; USA: 1918-22 ; Paris: 1922-36 ; USSR: 1936-53 ; Work-list -- Dmitry Shostakovich / Boris Schwarz, Laurel E. Fay (work-list, bibliography). Life ; Works ; Summary of achievement ; Work-list.
General noteFirst published in the New Grove dictionary of music and musicians : London : Macmillan, 1980.
Bibliography noteIncludes lists of works, bibliographical references, and indexes.
Other titleRussian masters.
ISBN039302282X (v.1)
ISBN0393301028 (pbk. : v.1)
ISBN0393022838 (v.2)
ISBN0393301036 (pbk. : v.2)