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245 10 a| Modest Musorgsky and Boris Godunov :b| myths, realities, reconsiderations /c| Caryl Emerson and Robert William Oldani.;

260 a| Cambridge [England] ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 1994.;

300 a| xiii, 339 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes discography (pages 317-323), bibliographical references (pages 324-332), and index.;

505 00 t| Tsar Boris in history --t| Musorgsky's literary sources, Karamzin and Pushkin --t| Narrative and musical synopsis of the opera --t| History of the composition, rejection, revision, and acceptance of Boris Godunov --g| A tale of two productions --t| St. Petersburg (1874-1882), Paris (1908) --t| Boris and the censor: documents --t| The opera through the years: selected texts in criticism --t| The Boris libretto as a formal, literary, and historical problem --t| The music --t| Boris Godunov during the jubilee decade: the 1980s and beyond.;

520 a| Caryl Emerson (a literary specialist) and Robert William Oldani (a music historian) take a new and comprehensive look at the most famous Russian opera, Modest Musorgsky's Boris Godunov. The result is both a historical study of a famous work and an interpretive piece of scholarship. The topics discussed include: the "Boris Tale" in history; Karamzin's history and Pushkin's drama as literary sources; Musorgsky's Innovations as a librettist and as a theorist of the sung Russian word; the strange story of the opera's composition and revision; its first productions at home and abroad; and an in-depth musical analysis. In the process, several often-met errors in Musorgsky scholarship are clarified and corrected. A final chapter speculates on the opera's themes of political murder, guilt, and legitimacy--so important to Russian literary and national identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--and the new role the "Boris plot" and its composer might come to play in more recent open phases of Russian cultural life. The volume contains a selection of classic texts in criticism, numerous production photographs, a bibliography and discography. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of opera, music history, and Russian literature and culture as well as to opera enthusiasts.;

600 10 a| Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich,d| 1839-1881t| Boris Godunov.=| ^A35493;

700 1 a| Oldani, Robert William.=| ^A333199;

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Modest Musorgsky and Boris Godunov : myths, realities, reconsiderations / Caryl Emerson and Robert William Oldani.

Author/creator	Emerson, Caryl
Other author	Oldani, Robert William.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Description	xiii, 339 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm
Subjects	Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881 Boris Godunov.

Contents	Tsar Boris in history -- Musorgsky's literary sources, Karamzin and Pushkin -- Narrative and musical synopsis of the opera -- History of the composition, rejection, revision, and acceptance of Boris Godunov -- A tale of two productions -- St. Petersburg (1874-1882), Paris (1908) -- Boris and the censor: documents -- The opera through the years: selected texts in criticism -- The Boris libretto as a formal, literary, and historical problem -- The music -- Boris Godunov during the jubilee decade: the 1980s and beyond.
Abstract	Caryl Emerson (a literary specialist) and Robert William Oldani (a music historian) take a new and comprehensive look at the most famous Russian opera, Modest Musorgsky's Boris Godunov. The result is both a historical study of a famous work and an interpretive piece of scholarship. The topics discussed include: the "Boris Tale" in history; Karamzin's history and Pushkin's drama as literary sources; Musorgsky's Innovations as a librettist and as a theorist of the sung Russian word; the strange story of the opera's composition and revision; its first productions at home and abroad; and an in-depth musical analysis. In the process, several often-met errors in Musorgsky scholarship are clarified and corrected. A final chapter speculates on the opera's themes of political murder, guilt, and legitimacy--so important to Russian literary and national identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--and the new role the "Boris plot" and its composer might come to play in more recent open phases of Russian cultural life. The volume contains a selection of classic texts in criticism, numerous production photographs, a bibliography and discography. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of opera, music history, and Russian literature and culture as well as to opera enthusiasts.
Bibliography note	Includes discography (pages 317-323), bibliographical references (pages 324-332), and index.
LCCN	93018164
ISBN	0521361931

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