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- catalog abstract ""Modest Musorgsky is Russia's greatest musical dramatist. When he died in 1881 in St. Petersburg at the age of forty-two, in poverty and relative obscurity, he was known for a single opera, Boris Godunov, and a handful of eccentric "realistic" songs."--Jacket. "In this brief biography, Caryl Emerson amends many of the canonical interpretations of Musorgsky as "victim," "martyr," and "savage genius." If his life was tragic, it is not only because he was misunderstood but also because he was impoverished: by the Emancipation of the serfs, by the loss of his parents and by loneliness, by his impracticality and his addictions. These very deprivations were instrumental in shaping his vision and the book emphasizes the psychological and socioeconomic factors that contributed to the composer's remarkable autodidactic rise and tragic, premature end."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11048729.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""In this brief biography, Caryl Emerson amends many of the canonical interpretations of Musorgsky as "victim," "martyr," and "savage genius." If his life was tragic, it is not only because he was misunderstood but also because he was impoverished: by the Emancipation of the serfs, by the loss of his parents and by loneliness, by his impracticality and his addictions. These very deprivations were instrumental in shaping his vision and the book emphasizes the psychological and socioeconomic factors that contributed to the composer's remarkable autodidactic rise and tragic, premature end."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Modest Musorgsky is Russia's greatest musical dramatist. When he died in 1881 in St. Petersburg at the age of forty-two, in poverty and relative obscurity, he was known for a single opera, Boris Godunov, and a handful of eccentric "realistic" songs."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Childhood and youth, 1839-1856 -- 2. Apprenticeship in St. Petersburg, 1850s-1860s: composers' evenings and the commune -- 3. Conservatories, "circles," and Musorgsky at the far musical edge -- 4. 1868-1874: Musorgsky and Russian history -- 5. 1870s: Musorgsky and death -- 6. Beyond tragedy: the final years -- Epilogue: the Musorgsky problem, then and now -- Musical postlude: Appraising the artistic product / David Geppert.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-189) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 194 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521480094 (hardbound)".
- catalog isPartOf "Musical lives".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Russia".
- catalog subject "780/.92 B 21".
- catalog subject "780/.92 b 21".
- catalog subject "Composers Russia Biography.".
- catalog subject "ML410.M97 E42 1999".
- catalog subject "Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Childhood and youth, 1839-1856 -- 2. Apprenticeship in St. Petersburg, 1850s-1860s: composers' evenings and the commune -- 3. Conservatories, "circles," and Musorgsky at the far musical edge -- 4. 1868-1874: Musorgsky and Russian history -- 5. 1870s: Musorgsky and death -- 6. Beyond tragedy: the final years -- Epilogue: the Musorgsky problem, then and now -- Musical postlude: Appraising the artistic product / David Geppert.".
- catalog title "The life of Musorgsky / Caryl Emerson.".
- catalog type "text".