Symphonic etudes
Subtitle: portraits of Russian operas and ballets
By: Boris Asafyev ; edited and translated by David Haas
Contributors: Haas, David Edwin
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780810857001; 9780810860308
Subjects: Music -- Russia -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Work titles: Simfonicheskie ėti︠u︡dy.
Notes: Translation of: Simfonicheskie ėti︠u︡dy

Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: A Slavonic liturgy to Eros; title: Intermezzo I; title: Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908); title: The maid of Pskov; title: May night; title: Snow-maiden (A tale of spring); title: Incantations; title: Christmas Eve (A true-life carol); title: The problem of a city made visible; title: Tale; title: The legend of the invisible city; title: Kingdom of Skomorokhi; title: Intermezzo II; title: The operas of Tchaikovsky; title: The queen of spades; title: Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839-1881) : toward a reappraisal of his works; title: Intermezzo III; title: Igor Stravinsky and his ballets; title: In lieu of a finale