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Author Asafʹev, B. V. (Boris Vladimirovich), 1884-1949.

Title Symphonic etudes : portraits of Russian operas and ballets / Boris Asafyev ; edited and translated by David Haas.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML300 .A83S5 2008    Available  ---
Description xxviii, 319 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Note Translation of: Simfonicheskie ėti͡udy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents A Slavonic liturgy to Eros -- Intermezzo I -- Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) -- The maid of Pskov -- May night -- Snow-maiden (A tale of spring) -- Incantations -- Christmas Eve (A true-life carol) -- The problem of a city made visible -- Tale -- The legend of the invisible city -- Kingdom of Skomorokhi -- Intermezzo II -- The operas of Tchaikovsky -- The queen of spades -- Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839-1881) : toward a reappraisal of his works -- Intermezzo III -- Igor Stravinsky and his ballets -- In lieu of a finale.
Subject Music -- Russia -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Music.
Russia.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Opera -- Russia -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Opera.
Ballets -- Russia -- History and criticism.
Ballets.
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Operas.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Operas.
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Added Author Haas, David Edwin.
Added Title Simfonicheskie ėti͡udy. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008022199
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