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Khovanshchina (The Khovansky Affair): English National Opera Guide 48 (Opera Guides)
Modest Mussorgsky
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Description for Khovanshchina (The Khovansky Affair): English National Opera Guide 48 (Opera Guides)
Paperback. Editor(s): Nicholas, John. Translator(s): Palca, Carol Borah. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 213 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
Musorgsky's last opera is set at the end of the seventeenth century, a turbulent period of Russian history. The title refers to the conspiracy of Prince Khovansky against the young Tsar Peter the Great, and the epic drama ends with the exile, murder and suicide of all the power groups of old Russia. When Musorgsky died in 1881, it was unfinished, and Rimsky-Korsakov completed it; Ravel and Stravinsky made another version for Diaghilev in 1911; in 1959 Shostakovich went back to the original and, in the process of reorchestrating it, he rediscovered a masterpiece. Caryl Emerson surveys the compositional and ... Read more
Musorgsky's last opera is set at the end of the seventeenth century, a turbulent period of Russian history. The title refers to the conspiracy of Prince Khovansky against the young Tsar Peter the Great, and the epic drama ends with the exile, murder and suicide of all the power groups of old Russia. When Musorgsky died in 1881, it was unfinished, and Rimsky-Korsakov completed it; Ravel and Stravinsky made another version for Diaghilev in 1911; in 1959 Shostakovich went back to the original and, in the process of reorchestrating it, he rediscovered a masterpiece. Caryl Emerson surveys the compositional and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714544496
SKU
V9780714544496
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About Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881) was a Russian composer during the romantic period. Many of his works, such as the opera Boris Godunov, were inspired by Russian history and folklore among other nationalist themes.
Reviews for Khovanshchina (The Khovansky Affair): English National Opera Guide 48 (Opera Guides)
Brilliantly produced and superb value.
The Sunday Times
All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought.
The Daily Telegraph
Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series.
TLS
The Sunday Times
All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought.
The Daily Telegraph
Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series.
TLS