{"product_id":"modest-musorgsky-and-boris-godunov-myths-realities-reconsiderations-paperback-9780521369763","title":"Modest Musorgsky and Boris Godunov; Myths, Realities, Reconsiderations (Paperback) 9780521369763","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModest Musorgsky and Boris Godunov\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMyths, Realities, Reconsiderations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaryl Emerson and Robert Oldani take a comprehensive look at the most famous Russian opera, Modest Musorgsky's Boris Godunov.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCaryl Emerson (Author), Robert William Oldani (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521369763, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages, 17 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.537 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Complex yet rewarding in structure and intent, the book provides an admirable range of cultural-historical, musical and textological analysis and context, as well as performance and reception history....The volume features an excellent select biography and an interesting...discography.\"   David Shengold, Slavic and East European Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCaryl Emerson (a literary specialist) and Robert William Oldani (a music historian) take a 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 interpretative 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 phases of Russian cultural life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface and acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Background: 1. Tsar Boris in history\u003cbr\u003e 2. Musorgsky's literary sources, Karamzin and Pushkin\u003cbr\u003e 3. Narrative and musical synopsis of the opera\u003cbr\u003e 4. History of the composition, rejection, revision, and acceptance of Boris Godunov\u003cbr\u003e 5. A tale of two productions - St. Petersburg (1874–1882), Paris (1908)\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Entr'acte:  6. Boris and the censor: documents\u003cbr\u003e 7. The opera through the years: selected texts in criticism\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Interpretation: 8. The Boris libretto as a formal, literary, and historical problem\u003cbr\u003e 9. The music\u003cbr\u003e 10. Boris Godunov during the jubilee decade: the 1980s and beyond\u003cbr\u003e Discography\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003706102040,"sku":"9780521369763","price":24.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521369763_3f8e7737-5bd0-4126-9760-97017cf735a6.gif?v=1691375842","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modest-musorgsky-and-boris-godunov-myths-realities-reconsiderations-paperback-9780521369763","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}