Russians on Russian music, 1880-1917 : an anthology / edited and translated by Stuart Campbell.
| Other author | Campbell, James Stuart. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
| Description | 267 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Tchaikovsky. Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (1880) / Laroche -- Tchaikovsky's Manfred symphony (1886) / Cui -- (Manfred and Hamlet) (1893) / Laroche -- P. I. Tchaikovsky's new symphony (No. 5) (1889) / Kashkin -- P. I. Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa (1889) / Laroche -- P. I. Tchaikovsky and musical drama (The Enchantress) (1890) / Laroche -- The Queen of Spades (1890) / Kashkin -- (Symphony no. 6) (1893) / Laroche -- (Symphony no. 6) (1896) / Rozenov -- Rimsky-Korsakov. (The Snowmaiden) (1885) / Laroche -- Sadko, opera-bilina (1898) / Cui -- Kashchey the Immortal (1902) / Engel' -- The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya (1907) / Petrovsky -- The Golden Cockerel (1909) / Engel' -- Other composers of the former Balakirev circle. (Works by Borodin and Musorgsky) (1880) / Cui -- Borodin's (first) quartet (1881) / Cui -- (Works by Musorgsky, Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov) (1887) / Cui -- (Works by Balakirev, Lyadov, Glazunov, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov) (1890) / Kruglikov -- Prince Igor (1890) / Kruglikov -- Khovanshchina (1897) / Rozenov -- (Balakirev's second symphony) (1909) / Engel' -- (Pictures at and Exhibition) (1909) / Kolomiytsev -- The Belyayev generation. (Fathers and sons) (1888) / Vui -- A. S. Arensky's string quartet (1888) / Laroche -- A. S. Arensky (1906) / Ossovsky -- Glazunov as a symphonist (1907) / Engel' -- In memory of A. K. Lyadov (1914) / Karatigin -- Moscow and her composers. The Moscow school in music (1910) / Kashkin -- A cantata by S. I. Taneyev (1915) / Engel' -- S. V. Rachmaninoff (1904) / Ossovsky -- (Rachmaninoff operas) (1906) / Engel' -- S. V. Rachmaninoff (1911) / Yakovlev -- N. Medtner (1913) / Myaskovsky -- (The 'new direction' in church music) (1924) / Preobrazhensky -- New stylistic directions. The music of Skryabin (1909) / Engel' -- Skryabin's Prometheus (1911) / Konyus -- (The Firebird) (1911) / Myaskovsky -- Petrushka (1912) / Myaskovsky -- The Rite of Spring (1914) / Karatigin -- Sergey Prokofiev (1913) / Myaskovsky -- (Sergey Prokofiev) (1917) / Engel' -- The most recent trends in Russian music (1914) / Karatigin -- Epilogue. Pathways to the future (1918) / Asaf'yev. |
| Abstract | This second anthology of Russian writing on Russian music begins in 1880 (where the first volume concluded) and ends in 1917. It brings for the first time to an English-speaking readership the thoughts of leading Russian music critics as they react to the Russian music new to them, during a period when all aspects of musical life were developing rapidly. Music criticism had become more sure-footed, if no less opinionated. These reviews demonstrate greater awareness both of music history and of contemporary music abroad. The period covers the late careers of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov as well as late works of Borodin and Balakirev, and the emergence of Musorgsky's compositions. Works by the intervening generation, including Arensky, Galzunov and Lyadov, are also reviewed and the book concludes with coverage of works by the Moscow School, including Medtner, Rachmaninoff and Skryabin and the early compositions of Stravinsky and Prokofiev. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 0521590973 |