Rimsky-Korsakov and His World -

Rimsky-Korsakov and His World

Marina Frolova-Walker (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
384 Seiten
2018
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18270-4 (ISBN)
109,70 inkl. MwSt
A rare look at the life and music of renowned Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovDuring his lifetime, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a composer whose work had great influence not only in his native Russia but also internationally. While he remains well-known in Russia-where many of his fifteen operas and various orchestral pieces
A rare look at the life and music of renowned Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

During his lifetime, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a composer whose work had great influence not only in his native Russia but also internationally. While he remains well-known in Russia—where many of his fifteen operas and various orchestral pieces are still in the standard repertoire—very little of his work is performed in the West today beyond Scheherezade and arrangements of The Flight of the Bumblebee. In Western writings, he appears mainly in the context of the Mighty Handful, a group of five Russian composers to which he belonged at the outset of his career. Rimsky-Korsakov and His World finally gives the composer center stage and due attention.

In this collection, Rimsky-Korsakov’s major operas, The Snow Maiden, Mozart and Salieri, and The Golden Cockerel, receive multifaceted exploration and are carefully contextualized within the wider Russian culture of the era. The discussion of these operas is accompanied and enriched by the composer’s letters to Nadezhda Zabela, the distinguished soprano for whom he wrote several leading roles. Other essays look at more general aspects of Rimsky-Korsakov’s work and examine his far-reaching legacy as a professor of composition and orchestration, including his impact on his most famous pupil Igor Stravinsky.

The contributors are Lidia Ader, Leon Botstein, Emily Frey, Marina Frolova-Walker, Adalyat Issiyeva, Simon Morrison, Anna Nisnevich, Olga Panteleeva, and Yaroslav Timofeev.


The Bard Music Festival

Bard Music Festival 2018
Rimsky-Korsakov and His World
Bard College
August 10–12 and August 17–19, 2018

Marina Frolova-Walker is professor of music history at the University of Cambridge and fellow of Clare College. Her books include Russian Music and Nationalism from Glinka to Stalin and Stalin’s Music Prize.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The Bard Music Festival
Zusatzinfo 20 b/w illus., 10 tables, 9 music examples
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik
ISBN-10 0-691-18270-1 / 0691182701
ISBN-13 978-0-691-18270-4 / 9780691182704
Zustand Neuware
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