Authors | |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Year | 05/11/2013 |
Version | eBook: Reflowable eTextbook (ePub) |
Language | English |
ISBN | 9780571311149 |
Categories | Western 'lassical' music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Biography: general |
The extraordinary group of Russian composers who came together in St Petersburg in the 1860s - long known as 'The Mighty Handful', but, as the moguchaya kuchka, better translated as 'the great little heap' - gave rise to one of the most fascinating and colourful stories in all musical history.
Stephen Walsh, author of a major biography of their direct successor, Stravinsky, has written an absorbing account of Musorgsky and his circle - Borodin, Cui, Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov. With little or no musical education they created works of lasting significance - Musorgsky's Boris Godunov, Borodin's Prince Igor and Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade. Written with deep understanding and panache, The Kuchka, is highly engaging and a significant contribution to cultural history.
Musorgsky and His Circle