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Musorgsky Remembered

by Alexandra Orlova
Contributors: Véronique ZaytzeffFrederick Morrison

In a single volume, Alexandra Orlova has assembled the most complete and up-to-date collection of memoirs by contemporaries of the Russian composer Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839-1881). These thirty-six reminiscences were written by well- known figures of the Russian musical scene at the time (including the composers Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Balakirev; the critics Vladimir Stasov and Mikhail Ivanov; and several performing musicians) as well as by little-known people who were privileged to have met the composer.


A well-defined image of Musorgsky emerges from the various accounts: a small, delicate-looking man, immaculately dressed, always a welcome guest at fashionable homes; and, unfortunately, an alcoholic. Skillful as an accompanist and improviser at the piano, Musorgsky was exceedingly generous with his time and talent as a performer at concerts for the benefit of students. We see him among his musical colleagues, the so-called Balakirev circle, trying out their latest compositions for one another at social gatherings. Some of the most poignant memoirs recount emotion-filled visits with Musorgsky in the hospital during his last illness.


Most of the memoirists are truthful, objective, and loving. Their accounts, coupled with Orlova's copious notes, provide a valuable insight into Musorgsky's life and personality.

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Translators’ Note
  • Nikolai Kompaneiskii
  • Vladimir Stasov
  • Filaret Musorgsky
  • Aleksandr Borodin
  • Milii Balakirev
  • Aleksandra Unkovskaia
  • V. U.
  • Nadezhda Rimskaia-Korsakova
  • Sofiia Fortunato
  • Varvara Komarova-Stasova
  • Liudmila Shestakova
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Poliksena Stasova
  • Elizaveta Dianina
  • IPia Repin
  • Iuliia Platonova
  • Eduard Napravnik
  • Semyon Kruglikov
  • Arsenii Golenishchev-Kutuzov
  • Nikolai Cherepnin
  • Dmitrii Stakheev
  • Nikolai Bruni
  • Anna Vrubel’
  • Aleksandr Molas
  • Aleksandra Molas
  • Vasilii Bessel’
  • Nikolai Lavrov
  • A. Leont’ev
  • Ivan Lapshin
  • Vasilii Bertenson
  • Dar’ia Leonova
  • Aleksandra Demidova
  • Lev Bertenson
  • Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
  • Mikhail Ivanov
  • Il’ia Tiumenev
  • Notes
  • Index

Metadata

  • isbn
    978-0-253-05586-6
  • publisher
    Indiana University Press
  • publisher place
    Bloomington, Indiana USA
  • restrictions
    CC-BY-NC-ND
  • rights
    Copyright © Trustees of Indiana University
  • rights holder
    Indiana University Press
  • rights territory
    World
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