The Musorgsky Reader: A Life of Modeste Petrovich Musorgsky in Letters and Documents

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Illustrations vii
• An Impersonal Note ix
• A Personal Note xvii
• An Acknowledgment xxi
• Note to the Reader xxiii
• I the Balakirev Circle 1857--1863 1
• 2. to Mili Balakirev 4
• 2. to Mili Balakirev 5
• 2. to Mili Balakirev 5
• 2. to Mili Balakirev 6
• 2. to Mili Balakirev 7
• 2. to Mili Balakirev 9
• 2. to Mili Balakirev 11
• 8. to Mili Balakirev 14
• 9. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 15
• 10. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 17
• 11. to Mili Balakirev 18
• 12. an Inscription on the Manuscript of Impromptu Passionné 19
• 13. to Mili Balakirev 19
• 13. to Mili Balakirev 20
• 13. to Mili Balakirev 21
• 13. to Mili Balakirev 23
• 13. to Mili Balakirev 25
• 13. to Mili Balakirev 26
• 13. to Mili Balakirev 27
• 13. to Mili Balakirev 28
• 21. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 29
• 21. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 29
• 22. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 32
• 23. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 34
• 23a. Vladimir Stasov to Mili Balakirev 35
• 24. to Mili Balakirev 36
• 25. to Mili Balakirey 37
• 26a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov76 to Sophia Rimskaya- Korsakova, Tikhvin [extracts] 38
• 27. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 39
• 27. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 40
• 27. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 43
• 27. to Mili Balakirev, St. Petersburg 46
• 29c. Vladimir Stasov to Mili Balakirev, Pyatigorsk [extract] 47
• 29d. Mili Balakirev to Vladimir Stasov, St. Petersburg [extract] 47
• Ii Exploration 1863 - 1868 48
• 30. to Mili Balakrev, Pyatigorsk 48
• 31. to Cesar Cui, St. Petersburg (environs) 54
• 31. to Cesar Cui, St. Petersburg (environs) 55
• 31. to Cesar Cui, St. Petersburg (environs) 57
• 33. to Mili Balakirev 61
• 34. to Mili Balakirev 62
• 34. to Mili Balakirev 64
• 34. to Mili Balakirev 64
• 36. to Mili Balakirev 66
• 38. to Mili Balakirev 66
• 38. to Mili Balakirev 67
• 38. to Mili Balakirev 68
• 40a. Mili Balakirev31 to Ludmila Shestakova, St. Petersburg [a Sequence of Extracts] 69
• 41. to Mili Balakirev, Prague [a Collective Letter] 70
• 41. to Mili Balakirev, Prague [a Collective Letter] 73
• 41. to Mili Balakirev, Prague [a Collective Letter] 75
• 41c. Mili Balakirev to Cesar Cui, St. Petersburg 76
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 76
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 78
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 83
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 85
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 88
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 91
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 93
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 97
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 98
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 100
• 42. to Mili Balakirev, Prague 102
• 52. to Cesar Cui, St. Petersburg 106
• 54. to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, St. Petersburg 112
• 54. to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, St. Petersburg 114
• 54. to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, St. Petersburg 117
• 54. to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, St. Petersburg 121
• 54. to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, St. Petersburg 124
• Iii Boris Godunov 1868 - 1872 126
• 58b. Vladimir Stasov to Dimitri Stasov (extract] 131
• 59. to Mili Balakirev 131
• 59. to Mili Balakirev 132
• 59. to Mili Balakirev 133
• 61. to Pladimir Nikolsky 135
• 61a. Ludmila Shestakova to Vladimir Nikolsky [extract] 136
• 62. to Alexandra and Nadezhda Purgold, Pillnitz Near Dresden 136
• 62. to Alexandra and Nadezhda Purgold, Pillnitz Near Dresden 138
• 62. to Alexandra and Nadezhda Purgold, Pillnitz Near Dresden 139
• 62. to Alexandra and Nadezhda Purgold, Pillnitz Near Dresden 145
• 62. to Alexandra and Nadezhda Purgold, Pillnitz Near Dresden 146
• 62. to Alexandra and Nadezhda Purgold, Pillnitz Near Dresden 147
• 62. to Alexandra and Nadezhda Purgold, Pillnitz Near Dresden 149
• 62. to Alexandra and Nadezhda Purgold, Pillnitz Near Dresden 151
• 68. to Vladimir Stasov 154
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 155
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 156
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 158
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 159
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 159
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 161
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 162
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 164
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 164
• 75. to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 167
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 176
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 176
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 177
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 177
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 180
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 181
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 183
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 184
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 184
• Iv Khovanshchina: Sketched - 1872-1873 185
• 87. to Vladimir Stasov 185
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 187
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 188
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 194
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 197
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 198
• 68a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Modeste Musorgsky 200
• 95. to Vladimir Stasov 203
• 96. to Vladimir Stasov 205
• 97. to Eduard Napravnik 206
• 98. to Vladimir Stasov 207
• 98a. Adelheid Von Schorn34 to Vasili Bessel, St. Petersburg [extracts] 207
• 98a. Adelheid Von Schorn34 to Vasili Bessel, St. Petersburg [extracts] 211
• 100. to Vladimir Stasov 212
• 100a. Vladimir Stasov to Zinaida Stasova, Bad Reichenhall [extract] 212
• 101. to Vladimir Stasov 212
• 101. to Vladimir Stasov 213
• 101. to Vladimir Stasov 213
• 103. to Vladimir Stasov 217
• 104. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 218
• 104. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 219
• 105a. Polyxena Stasova to Modeste Musorgsky, St. Petersburg [a Draft] 222
• 106. to Polyxena Stasova, Vienna 223
• 108. to Polyxena Stasova, Bad Reichenhall 229
• 110. to Nadezhda Stasova,84 Wiesbaden 237
• 106. to Polyxena Stasova, Vienna 237
• 111. to Vladimir Stasov, Vienna 238
• 106. to Polyxena Stasova, Vienna 241
• 112. to Vladimir Stasov, Parts 247
• 113. to Vasili Bessel 251
• 113. to Vasili Bessel 252
• V Entr'Acte - 1873-1874 253
• 115. to Lubov Karmalina3 254
• 115. to Lubov Karmalina3 255
• 115. to Lubov Karmalina3 256
• 115. to Lubov Karmalina3 258
• 115. to Lubov Karmalina3 258
• 115. to Lubov Karmalina3 258
• 115. to Lubov Karmalina3 259
• 115. to Lubov Karmalina3 259
• 115. to Lubov Karmalina3 259
• 123. to Yulia Makhina16 (an Inscription on a Photograph) 262
• 123. to Yulia Makhina16 (an Inscription on a Photograph) 262
• 124a. to the Editor of the Peterburgski Vedomosti (a Collective Letter) [extracts] 263
• 125. to Eduard Napravnik 263
• 126. to the Editor of the St. Peterburgski Vedomosti 264
• 127. to Vladimir Stasov 266
• 127a. Mark Antokolsky to Vladimir Stasov, St. Petersburg 268
• 129. to Vladimir Stasov 270
• 129a. Sergei Taneyev23 to Piotr Tchaikovsky, St. Petersburg [extract] 271
• 129. to Vladimir Stasov 271
• 132. to Vladimir Stasov 274
• 132a. Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov to Vladimir Stasov [extract from a Draft] 274
• 132b. Vladimir Stasov to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolayev [extracts] 274
• 132c. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Vladimir Stasov, St. Petersburg [extract] 276
• 133. to Nadezhda Opochinina36 276
• 133. to Nadezhda Opochinina36 277
• 133. to Nadezhda Opochinina36 278
• Vi Khovanshchina: Half-Realized 1874-1875 282
• 135a. Alexander Borodin to Yekaterina Borodina, Moscow [extract] 282
• 135b. Modeste Tchaikovsky to Piotr Tchaikovsky, Moscow 283
• 136. to Ludmila Shestakova 283
• 136. to Ludmila Shestakova 284
• 136. to Ludmila Shestakova 284
• 138. to Ludmila Shestakova 287
• 139. to Ludmila Shestakova 287
• 139. to Ludmila Shestakova 288
• 139. to Ludmila Shestakova 288
• 139. to Ludmila Shestakova 289
• 139. to Ludmila Shestakova 290
• 139. to Ludmila Shestakova 292
• 145a. Alexander Borodin to Lubov Karmalina, Fortress Zakatali [extract] 295
• 146. to Lubov Karmalina, Fortress Zakatali 296
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 297
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 298
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 299
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 300
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 303
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 304
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 305
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 309
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 310
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 310
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 311
• 147. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Tver 313
• 157. to Ludmila Shestakova 314
• 158. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov 315
• 159. to the Elders of the Artists' Circle of Moscow49 317
• 160. to Vladimir Stasov 318
• 160. to Vladimir Stasov 320
• 160. to Vladimir Stasov 321
• 163. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov 322
• 164. to Vladimir Stasov 322
• 164. to Vladimir Stasov 323
• 164. to Vladimir Stasov 323
• Vii Last Songs 1876-1879 325
• 167. to Ludmila Shestakova 326
• 168. an Inscription on a Photograph [see Frontispiece] 327
• 169. to Vladimir Stasov 327
• 169. to Vladimir Stasov 328
• 169. to Vladimir Stasov 329
• 169. to Vladimir Stasov 329
• 169. to Vladimir Stasov 330
• 169. to Vladimir Stasov 331
• 169. to Vladimir Stasov 332
• 169. to Vladimir Stasov 333
• 169. to Vladimir Stasov 338
• 178. to Ludmila Shestakova 339
• 178a. Alexander Borodin to Lubov Karmalina, Fortress Zakatali [extract] 339
• 179. to Vladimir Stasov 339
• 179. to Vladimir Stasov 340
• 179. to Vladimir Stasov 340
• 179. to Vladimir Stasov 341
• 179. to Vladimir Stasov 341
• 182. to Vladimir Stasov, St. Petersburg 343
• 182a. Vladimir Stasov to Modeste Musorgsky, Tzarskoye Selo 344
• 182a. Vladimir Stasov to Modeste Musorgsky, Tzarskoye Selo 346
• 182a. Vladimir Stasov to Modeste Musorgsky, Tzarskoye Selo 347
• 182a. Vladimir Stasov to Modeste Musorgsky, Tzarskoye Selo 348
• 182a. Vladimir Stasov to Modeste Musorgsky, Tzarskoye Selo 348
• 85a. Vladimir Stasov to the Editor of Novoye Vremya [extract] 349
• 186. to Alexander and Maria Morozov,27 Karevo 350
• 186a. Alexander Borodin to Modeste Musorgsky 350
• 186a. Alexander Borodin to Modeste Musorgsky 352
• 186a. Alexander Borodin to Modeste Musorgsky 353
• 191. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov 356
• 192. to Dimitri Stasov, St. Petersburg 356
• 192. to Dimitri Stasov, St. Petersburg 357
• 192. to Dimitri Stasov, St. Petersburg 359
• 192. to Dimitri Stasov, St. Petersburg 359
• 194a. Vladimir Stasov to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino [extracts] 362
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 362
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 364
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 368
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 368
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 368
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 369
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 371
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 372
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 372
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 373
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 373
• 195. to Arseni Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Shubino 375
• Viii Russia - 1879-1881 376
• 202a. Vladimir Stasov to Mili Balakirev [extract] 376
• 202b. Mili Balakirev to Ludmila Shestakova [extract] 376
• 202b. Mili Balakirev to Ludmila Shestakova [extract] 378
• 202b. Mili Balakirev to Ludmila Shestakova [extract] 380
• 202b. Mili Balakirev to Ludmila Shestakova [extract] 388
• 202b. Mili Balakirev to Ludmila Shestakova [extract] 391
• 202b. Mili Balakirev to Ludmila Shestakova [extract] 394
• 202b. Mili Balakirev to Ludmila Shestakova [extract] 396
• 202b. Mili Balakirev to Ludmila Shestakova [extract] 397
• 202b. Mili Balakirev to Ludmila Shestakova [extract] 398
• 209a. Vladimir Stasov to Mili Balakirev [extract] 401
• 210. to Ivan Corbunov 401
• 211. to Vladimir Stasov 401
• 211. to Vladimir Stasov 402
• 211. to Vladimir Stasov 402
• 211. to Vladimir Stasov 403
• 211. to Vladimir Stasov 404
• 214. to Vladimir Stasov, St. Petersburg 405
• 215. to Vladimir Stasov, St. Petersburg 406
• 215a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Semyon Kruglikov, Moscow [extract] 406
• 215a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Semyon Kruglikov, Moscow [extract] 407
• 215a. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Semyon Kruglikov, Moscow [extract] 407
• 217b. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Semyon Kruglikov, Moscow 409
• 217c. Mili Balakirev to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov [extract] 409
• 217d. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Mili Balakirev [extract] 409
• 217d. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Mili Balakirev [extract] 411
• 217d. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Mili Balakirev [extract] 411
• 217d. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Mili Balakirev [extract] 413
• 217d. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Mili Balakirev [extract] 415
• 217d. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Mili Balakirev [extract] 416
• Appendix 421
• Index 463

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