Modest Musorgsky and Boris Godunov

Caryl Emerson a literary specialist and Robert William Oldani a music historian take a new and comprehensive look at the most famous Russian opera Musorgsky''s Boris Godunov. The result is both a historical study of a famous work and an interpretative piece of scholarship. The topics discussed include: the Boris Tale in history the strange story of the opera''s composition and revision its first productions at home and abroad and an in-depth musical analysis. In the process several frequent errors in Musorgsky scholarship are clarified and corrected. The volume contains a selection of classic texts in criticism numerous production photographs a bibliography and discography.