Musorgsky
As one of the outstanding musical scholars of his generation, Taruskin is notable for his regular contributions to the Sunday New York Times as well as to many periodicals, includng the New Republic. His appeal outside the academy is easy to explain: Aside from the sheer brilliance and originality of many of his insights, his lucid and witty prose is a pleaure to read. Here, Taruskin turns his attention to the 19th-century Russian nationalist composer Modest Musorgsky, with particuar emphasis on his vocal music, and the result is a compelling revisionist view. In particular, the received notion of Musorgsky as a rebellious, antiestablishment figure (traceable to his first biographer and highly congenial to Soviet ideology) is shown to be false. Recommended for large music collections.- E. Gaub, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, N.Y.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.