Symphonic Etudes: Portraits of Russian Operas and Ballets
- Author: Asafyev, Boris
- Translator: Haas, David
Asafev and Haas provide many intruguing, thematically interconnected insights into 'golden age' Russian opera —
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Contents
- Part 1 Translator's
- Preface
- Part 2 Introduction Igor Glebov and the Audiences of Symphonic Etudes
- Chapter 3 1. A Slavonic Liturgy to Eros
- Chapter 4 2. Intermezzo I
- Chapter 5 3. Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
- Chapter 6 4. The Maid of Pskov
- Chapter 7 5. May Night
- Chapter 8 6. Snow-Maiden (A Tale of Spring)
- Chapter 9 7. Incantations
- Chapter 10 8. Christmas Eve (A True-Life Carol)
- Chapter 11 9. The Problem of a City Made Visible
- Chapter 12 10. Tale
- Chapter 13 11. The Legend of the Invisible City
- Chapter 14 12. Kingdom of Skomorokhi
- Chapter 15 13. Intermezzo II
- Chapter 16 14. The Operas of Tchaikovsky
- Chapter 17 15. The Queen of Spades
- Chapter 18 16. Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839-1881): Toward a Reappraisal of His Works
- Chapter 19 17. Intermezzo III
- Chapter 20 18. Igor Stravinsky and His Ballets
- Chapter 21 19. In Lieu of a Finale
- Part 22 Index of Russian Operas, Ballets, and Principal Roles
- Part 23 General
- Index
- Part 24 About the Author