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A Schnittke Reader
This compilation assembles previously published and unpublished essays by Schnittke and supplements them with an interview with cellist and scholar Alexander Ivashkin. The book is …
Sofia Gubaidulina
Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina (1931– ) has achieved international acclaim for her unique musical oeuvre which draws on Eastern and Western musical traditions and reflects a …
Jascha Heifetz
Notoriously reticent about his early years, violinist Jascha Heifetz famously reduced the story of his childhood to "Born in Russia. First lessons at 3. Debut in Russia at 7. Debut …
Mamontov's Private Opera
The Moscow Private Opera, founded, sponsored, and directed by Savva Mamontov (1841–1918), was one of Russia's most important theatrical institutions at the dawn of the age of …
Rachmaninoff's Complete Songs
Sergei Rachmaninoff—the last great Russian romantic and arguably the finest pianist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries—wrote 83 songs, which are performed and beloved …
Alexander Tcherepnin
Ludmila Korabelnikova recounts the life and times of Alexander Tcherepnin, a prolific and often emulated composer who produced four operas, 13 ballets, four symphonies, numerous …
The Russian Piano Concerto, Volume 1
" . . . a joy to read." —Choice" . . . spiritedly written . . . " —Music and LettersAlthough the Russian piano concerto had inauspicious beginnings, its development during the19th …
Tchaikovsky through Others' Eyes
" . . . intriguing collection . . . a recommended study for anyone interested in the habits and personalities of great minds." —ForeWordThis compilation of reminiscences about …
The Last Opera
From the fall of 1947 through the summer of 1951 composer Igor Stravinsky and poet W. H. Auden collaborated on the opera The Rake's Progress. At the time, their self-consciously …
Three Loves for Three Oranges
In 1921, Sergei Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges—one of the earliest, most famous examples of modernist opera—premiered in Chicago. Prokofiev's source was a 1913 theatrical …
Shostakovich's Music for Piano Solo
The piano works of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) are among the most treasured musical compositions of the 20th century. In this volume, pianist and Russian music scholar Sofia …
History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800, Vol. 2
In its scope and command of primary sources and its generosity of scholarly inquiry, Nikolai Findeizen's monumental work, published in 1928 and 1929 in Soviet Russia, places the …