Title On Russian music : critical and historical studies of Glinka's operas, Balakirev's works, etc., with chapters dealing with compositions by Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Glazunov, and various other aspects of Russian music / by Gerald Abraham.

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Description	279 pages : illustration, music, portrait ; 22 cm
Note	Complementary volume to the author's Studies in Russian music--Cf. Preface.
	Includes index.
Contents	A life for the Tsar -- Ruslan and Lyudmila -- Glinka, Dargomïzhsky and The rusalka -- Dargomïzhsky's orchestral pieces -- The whole-tone scale in Russian music -- Oriental elements in Russian music -- Liszt's influence on the "Mighty handful" -- The collective Mlada -- Rimsky-Korsakov's Mlada -- Tsar Saltan -- New light on old friends. The programme of Scheherazade ; The programme of the "Pathétique" Symphony -- The history of Prince Igor -- Borodin's songs -- Balakirev's symphonies -- Balakirev's music to King Lear -- Balakirev's piano sonata -- The fair of Sorochintsy and Cherepnin's completion of it -- Eugene Onegin and Tchaïkovsky's marriage -- Glazunov : the end of an episode -- Some psychological peculiarities of Russian creative artists -- The evolution of Russian harmony.
Subject	Music -- Russia -- History and criticism.
	Music.
	Russia.
	Opera -- Russia.
	Opera.