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A History of Russian Music - Being An Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Russian School Of Composers, With A Survey Of Their Lives And A Description Of Their Works
A History of Russian Music Being An Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Russian School Of Composers With A Survey Of Their Lives And A Description Of Their Works Author:M. Montagu-Nathan A History of Russian Music - Being An Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Russian School Of Composers, With A Survey Of Their Lives And A Description Of Their Works. By M. Montagu-Nathan. Originally published in 1914. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and... more » increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents include : Introduction, Part 1- The Pre-nationalists. Volkoff- Berezovsky- Bortniansky and Verstovsky, Glinka "A life for the czar", Russian and Ludmilla, Dargomijsky, The stone guest and the five, Seroff and Lvoff, Part 2- The nationalists. Balakireff, Cesar cui, Borodin, Moussorgsky, Boris Goudounoff, Khovantchina, The last phase, Rimsky Korsakoff, Part 3- The decline of nationalism, Glazounoff, Liadoff and liapounoff, Arensky, Tchaikovsky Rubinstein and the eclectics, Taneieff, Part 4- The present movement, Rachmaninoff, Gliere and Ippolitoff-Ivanoff, Scriabin, Vassilenko and grechaninoff, Akimenko Tcherepnin and Rebikoff, Steinberg Medtner and Catoire, Stravinsky, Operatic and concert enterprises, Appendix I , Appendix II« less