Modest Musorgsky and Boris Godunov : myths, realities, reconsiderations /
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| Author / Creator: | Emerson, Caryl |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994. |
| Description: | xiii, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1641877 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Part I. Background
- 1. Tsar Boris in history
- 2. Musorgsky's literary sources, Karamzin and Pushkin
- 3. Narrative and musical synopsis of the opera
- 4. History of the composition, rejection, revision, and acceptance of Boris Godunov
- 5. A tale of two productions - St. Petersburg (1874-1882), Paris (1908)
- Part II. Entr'acte
- 6. Boris and the censor: documents
- 7. The opera through the years: selected texts in criticism
- Part III. Interpretation
- 8. The Boris libretto as a formal, literary, and historical problem
- 9. The music
- 10. Boris Godunov during the jubilee decade: the 1980s and beyond
- Discography
- Bibliography
- Index