Rimsky-Korsakov : letters to his family and friends / Tatiana Rimsky-Korsakov ; translated from the Russian by Lilia Timofeeva ; edited by Malcolm J. Crocker and Margarita Maksotskaya.

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Rimskai︠a︡-Korsakova, T. V. (Tatʹi︠a︡na Vladimirovna) [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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Milwaukee : Amadeus Press, 2016.
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x, 406 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    • Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is one of Russia's great musical figures. Although largely self-taught, he became a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and one of the famed "Mighty Handful" of Russian nationalist composers. Works like Scheherazade and Capriccio Espagnol remain popular, as does his textbook on orchestration. His influence extended from students like Stravinsky and Prokofiev to non-Russian composers such as Debussy, Dukas, and Ravel. Yet relatively little written about him is available outside Russia. Rimsky-Korsakov: Letters to His Family and Friends is a rare, revealing look at the composer, written by his granddaughter Tatiana. Featuring a wealth of correspondence and photographs from his family's archives, this book provides new, fascinating details about the composer's life, work, and relations with close friends and colleagues, including Borodin, Mussorgsky, and Tchaikovsky. It also sheds new light on his wife, Nadezhda Purgold, an accomplished composer and pianist who helped her husband with his own compositions. Many letters involve Rimsky-Korsakov's other family members and important figures in art, history, literature, and music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Filled with material presented in English for the first time, this book is an essential resource on Rimsky-Korsakov, late romantic and early modern music, and culture in Russia as it approached the end of an era [Publisher description]
    • Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is one of Russia's great musical figures. Although largely self-taught, he became a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and one of the famed "حىهو"ٰ بفلَن"ٌ نُ زٱٱىف َفَىٰفَُىٌٱ ٰكٱٍُُِمٱْ. طٱًُْ ىٌمً سكومومفْ"فلم فلَ أفىِْككى ُإٱفِه ٌَُمْفٍى َُِِفٌ،ْ فٱ لمُٱ وىٱ مٰ٬قٰ ًُُ َُكُْومٱفْٰىٰ.َُ بىٱ ىنٌَمكَم م٬مٰلَمل ن ٍُْٱٰلمٱَٰ ىٌمً سفْٰىٱَ"ً فلَ ذنًُُْىمُٰ-ََُزٱٱىف َكٱٍُُِمٱْ ٱكو فٱ ؤمقٱٱ"، ؤفًٱ، فلَ زفم.ٌ عم ٰمْفٌىٰم"ٌ ىٌمٌٰٰ ىْمٰٰ َفقُ ٰوى ٍىٱ ففىفٌقمٌ ُٱٰىلم زٱٱىف. زىٱٍ"ً-ثٱُْفًُ: جممٰٰٱْ ُٰبىٱ ئفىٍ"ٌ فلَ ئىْملَٱ ىٱ ف فْمْ، مْمفىٌهَ ًٌُُف ٰوٰم كٱٍُُِم،ْ ىْمٰٰ َق" وىٱ هفْلَلفهومٰ ْشفىٰففَ. ئمفٰىْهَ ف مفوٌٰ نُ كمُْْٱلَُِمكَم فلَ وِهُُٰفْوِٱ ن ٍُْوىٱ نفىٍ"ٌ'ٱ فكْوىمٱ، وٰىٱ ق ًُُُِْىلمٱ مَ، نفٱكىفَىٰهَ لمفٰىٱٌ فقُ ٰوٰم كٱٍُُِم'ْٱ ىٌنم، ،ًُْ فلَ مْفٌىٰٱَُ ىوٰ كٱٌُم نىْملَٱ فلَ كمٌٌُفهمٱ، ىكٌَلىهَ آلُُْى،َ حٱٱهُْٱ"ً، فلَ شكوفىًُٱ"ً. ة ٰفٱٌ ُٱوملٱ مَىٌهو ٰ َُوىٱ ىنم، خفلم"ولف ذهْلٌُ، ف َفككىٌٍُِٱومل كٱٍُُِم ْفلَ ىِفىَٱ ٰو ُوممٌِل وم ْوٱقفلَ ىوٰ وىٱ ُ َكٱٍُُِىىٰٱَُ. حف"َ مٌمٰٰٱْ ىٌَُم زىٱٍ"ً-ثٱُْفًُ'ٱ وُٰم ْنفىٍ"ٌ مٍقٍمٱْ فلَ ىفٍُِْٰ َٰنىهمْٱ ى َف،ْٰ وىٱ"ُْٰ، ىٌمٰفْٰمْ، فلَ ٍٱىك نُ وٰم فٌمٰ ١٩وٰ فلَ مف"ٌْ ٢٠وٰ كمَٰىْمٱ. ئىمٌٌل ىوٰ فٍمٰىْف ٌمِْٱممَٰل ى َإهَىٌٱو ن ُْوٰم نىٱْ ٰىٰمٍ، وٰىٱ ق ًُُىٱ ف َمٱٱمىَٰف ٌمْٱُكْم َُزىٱٍ"ً-ثٱُْفًُ، فٌمٰ فٍُْىَٰك فلَ مف"ٌْ لٍُم ٍَْٱىك، فلَ كٌٰمْ ى َزٱٱىف فٱ ى ٰففُِِْكومل وٰم ملَ نُ ف َمفْ [ذقىٌٱوم ْلمٱكىْىِٰ]َُ
    Notes
    • Includes index.
    • "This book is a combined translation of the two following books in Russian, both by Tatiana Rimsky-Korsakov: "N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov v semie (iz semeynoy perepiski)" - St. Petersburg: Kompozitor, 1999; and "Detstvo i unostʹ N. A. Rimskogo-Korsakova (iz semeynoy perepiski)" - St. Petersburg: Kompozitor, 1995"--Supplied by publisher.
    Language note
    Translated from the Russian.
    Contents
    • Beginnings
    • The sailor
    • Falling in love
    • A busy musical life, 1874-1881
    • The snow maiden, September 1881-June 1884
    • Transitions and travels
    • Completing the work of others, 1884-1889
    • Recognition, 1888-1891
    • "I fell out of love with music," 1891-1892
    • Return to musical life
    • From Mozart and Salieri to Tsar Saltan, 1897-1899
    • Travels and triumphs, 1899-1901
    • "My own monastery, my art," 1901-1902
    • The last Russian music
    • "Live and love living," 1905-1906
    • The last opera : The golden cockerel
    • Final days, September 1907-June 1908
    • Epilogue.
    ISBN
    • 9781574674545 ((hardcover))
    • 1574674544 ((hardcover))
    Publisher no.
    HL00127687
    LCCN
    2015016228
    OCLC
    962422012
    Universal Product Code
    • 888680009274
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