Russians on Russian Music, 1830–1880
An Anthology

This substantial anthology of Russian writing on Russian music features the most influential critics of music in nineteenth-century Russia.

Stuart Campbell (Edited by)

9780521033183, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 January 2007

320 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.489 kg

'… this book makes a welcome continuation of Dr Campbell's earlier review of Russian musical criticism … attractively produced and well selected for the variety and significance of the critical pieces. Many of them convey a strong impression of the vitality and, particularly, direction of Russian music at this exciting period in its development.' Arnold McMillin, SEER

Tchaikovsky not only composed, he also wrote about music. This substantial anthology of Russian writing on Russian music features the most influential critics of music in nineteenth-century Russia. They wrote on the first two generations of Russian composers from Glinka to Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. The volume reveals through contemporary Russian eyes how the foundations of the hugely popular Russian classical repertory were laid, providing a vivid picture of the musical life of the opera house and the concert hall from which this repertory sprang. Featuring most extensively the critical writing of Odoyevsky, Serov, Cui and Laroche, the volume contains the first authoritative review of key works, such as Musorgsky's Boris Godunov, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and Rimsky-Korsakov's First Symphony.

Preface
Introduction
List of sources
1. Glinka's operas
2. The 1840s and 1850s
3. The Conservatoire controversy - a clash of ideals
4. New ideas about opera
5. New operas
6. The 1860s, opera apart
7. Opera in the 1870s
8. The 1870s, opera apart
Index.

Subject Areas: Romantic music [c 1830 to c 1900 AVGC5]