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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV VOLUME I IBD

KASHCHEY
03 / 2025
9781399973960
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Sinopsis

Rimsky-Korsakov was not only a world-famous composer whose career spanned almost 43 years: in addition, he was in the Russian Naval Service from 1856 to 1884, Director of Russian Naval Bands, Deputy Director of the Russian Chapel Royal, Professor at the StáPetersburg Conservatoire for 37 years, and Conductor of the Free Music School.Brian ReeveâÇÖs biography gives an in-depth view of these areas ofáRimsky-KorsakovâÇÖs life, and includes many hundreds of quotations from correspondence to and from his family, friends, colleagues, and students, there are in addition 24áappendices containing full lists of his musical works, with comprehensive details of contents, composition and performance history, analyses, and reviews, of 40ááof these, including all his operas, Mr Reeve also provides numerous reminiscences of the composer from others, accounts of Russian cultural and social life of the time, biographies, and bibliography. There are over 130 illustrations.