Russian Opera and the Symbolist Movement, Second Edition 9780520973558

Acclaimed for treading new ground in operatic studies of the period, Simon Morrison’s influential and now-classic text e

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
A note on transliteration and dates
Introduction
1. Decadence: Tchaikovsky at the Edge
Interlude. Symbolism’s Nutcracker
2. Syncretism: Rimsky-Korsakov and Belsky
Interlude. Klara Milich
3.Theurgy: Scriabin and the Impossible
Interlude. Another Church Musician Writes an Opera
4. Mimesis: Prokofiev’s Demons
Conclusion
Notes
Index

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