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Modest Musorgsky and Boris Godunov: Myths, Realities, Reconsiderations

1997; American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages; Volume: 41; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/309530

2325-7687

David Shengold, Caryl Emerson, Robert W. Oldani,

Musicology and Musical Analysis

List of illustrations List of tables Preface and acknowledgments Part I. Background: 1. Tsar Boris in history 2. Musorgsky's literary sources, Karamzin and Pushkin 3. Narrative and musical synopsis of the opera 4. History of the composition, rejection, revision, and acceptance of Boris Godunov 5. A tale of two productions - St. Petersburg (1874-1882), Paris (1908) Part II. Entr'acte: 6. Boris and the censor: documents 7. The opera through the years: selected texts in criticism Part III. Interpretation: 8. The Boris libretto as a formal, literary, and historical problem 9. The music 10. Boris Godunov during the jubilee decade: the 1980s and beyond Discography Bibliography Index.