Musorgsky - Brown, David

David Brown 

Musorgsky

His Life and Work

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Produktbeschreibung zu Musorgsky

This is not only the first life-and-works on Musorgsky in English for over half a century but also the largest such study of the composer ever to have appeared outside Russia.

Musorgsky was one of the towering figures of 19th century Russian music - but also one of the most tragic. Largely an amateur with no systematic training in composition, he nevertheless emerged in his first opera, "Boris Godunov", as a supreme musical dramatist, presenting here (and in certain of his piano pieces in "Pictures at an Exhibition") some of the most startlingly original of all song composers, with a prodigious gift for uncovering the emotional content of a text.

His failure to complete his two remaining operas, "Khovanshchina" and "Sorochintsy Fair", before his premature death from alcohol poisoning is one of music`s greatest tragedies.



Produktinformation

  • Verlag: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • 2002
  • Ausstattung/Bilder: w. music exampl.
  • Seitenzahl: 424
  • The Master Musicians
  • Englisch
  • Abmessung: 244mm x 166mm x 34mm
  • Gewicht: 780g
  • ISBN-13: 9780198165873
  • ISBN-10: 0198165870
  • Best.Nr.: 11577861
The qualities of clarity and thoroughness familiar to readers of Professor Brown's earlier work are also in evidence here ... his style is straightforward and elegant without pretentiousness, apparently aimed at music lovers as much as those with a scholarly interest. SEER ... excellent monograph ... David Brown has done an excellent job in treating Musorgsky in such a lively and yet learned manner ... His magisterial study deserves to be purchased by many music lovers who will find the narrative fluent and the musical analysis approachable. It should also attract musicians and musical scholars who will also discover some new ideas, approaches and materials in its pages. SEER ... a no-holds barred biography ... Brown traces his entire output in a rich historical and social context. He ... gives us a new vision of the composer. New York Times ... the general reader and specialist alike will value the breadth, clear exposition and enthusiasm in Brown's discussion. Geoffrey Norris, BBC Music Magazine
David J. Brown arbeitet seit mehr als 35 Jahren als PR-Koordinator bei Ove Arup Partnership, einer Firma, die zivile und industrielle Ingenieursprojekte entwirft und ausführt.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Childhood and early years
2. The making of a composer: I
3. The making of a composer: II
4. The early songs: I
5. Salammbo
6. The early songs: II
7. St John's Night on the Bare Mountain more songs
8. The Marriage: towards Boris
9. Boris Godunov: composition and production
10. Boris Godunov
11. Life alongside Boris - The Nursery completed, A note on Musorgsky's spelling of his name
12. Life alongside Boris II: Khovanshchina begun
13. Two relationships: Pictures at an Exhibition and Sunless
14. Khovanshchina
15. Songs and Dances of Death: Last songs
16. Sorochintsy Fair
17. Final years
18. Postlude: the century since
APPENDICES
A. Calendar
B. List of works
C. Personalia
D. Select bibliography
INDEX

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Produktinformation
  • Verlag: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • 2002
  • Ausstattung/Bilder: w. music exampl.
  • Seitenzahl: 424
  • The Master Musicians
  • Englisch
  • Abmessung: 244mm x 166mm x 34mm
  • Gewicht: 780g
  • ISBN-13: 9780198165873
  • ISBN-10: 0198165870
  • Best.Nr.: 11577861

Produktbeschreibung zu "Musorgsky"

Beschreibung

This is not only the first life-and-works on Musorgsky in English for over half a century but also the largest such study of the composer ever to have appeared outside Russia.

Musorgsky was one of the towering figures of 19th century Russian music - but also one of the most tragic. Largely an amateur with no systematic training in composition, he nevertheless emerged in his first opera, "Boris Godunov", as a supreme musical dramatist, presenting here (and in certain of his piano pieces in "Pictures at an Exhibition") some of the most startlingly original of all song composers, with a prodigious gift for uncovering the emotional content of a text.

His failure to complete his two remaining operas, "Khovanshchina" and "Sorochintsy Fair", before his premature death from alcohol poisoning is one of music`s greatest tragedies.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Childhood and early years
2. The making of a composer: I
3. The making of a composer: II
4. The early songs: I
5. Salammbo
6. The early songs: II
7. St John's Night on the Bare Mountain more songs
8. The Marriage: towards Boris
9. Boris Godunov: composition and production
10. Boris Godunov
11. Life alongside Boris - The Nursery completed, A note on Musorgsky's spelling of his name
12. Life alongside Boris II: Khovanshchina begun
13. Two relationships: Pictures at an Exhibition and Sunless
14. Khovanshchina
15. Songs and Dances of Death: Last songs
16. Sorochintsy Fair
17. Final years
18. Postlude: the century since
APPENDICES
A. Calendar
B. List of works
C. Personalia
D. Select bibliography
INDEX

Rezensionen und Kritik

The qualities of clarity and thoroughness familiar to readers of Professor Brown's earlier work are also in evidence here ... his style is straightforward and elegant without pretentiousness, apparently aimed at music lovers as much as those with a scholarly interest. SEER ... excellent monograph ... David Brown has done an excellent job in treating Musorgsky in such a lively and yet learned manner ... His magisterial study deserves to be purchased by many music lovers who will find the narrative fluent and the musical analysis approachable. It should also attract musicians and musical scholars who will also discover some new ideas, approaches and materials in its pages. SEER ... a no-holds barred biography ... Brown traces his entire output in a rich historical and social context. He ... gives us a new vision of the composer. New York Times ... the general reader and specialist alike will value the breadth, clear exposition and enthusiasm in Brown's discussion. Geoffrey Norris, BBC Music Magazine

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David J. Brown arbeitet seit mehr als 35 Jahren als PR-Koordinator bei Ove Arup Partnership, einer Firma, die zivile und industrielle Ingenieursprojekte entwirft und ausführt.

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