list of writings about 113 composers. Index of authors, editors, compilers,
translators, and illustrators; subject index.
2642.The New Grove Russian Masters 1: Glinka, Borodin, Balakirev, Musorgsky,
Tchaikovsky.Ed. David Brown et al. New York: Norton, 1986. 260p. ISBN 0-
393-30102-8. ML390 .N475.
Articles from NG,with some updating and an index to the volume.
2643.The New Grove Russian Masters 2: Rimsky-Korsakov, Skryabin, Rakhmani-
nov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich.Ed. Gerald Abraham et al. New York: Norton,- 240p. ISBN 0-393-02283-8. ML390 .N4751.
Continues the preceding entry.
Opera in General
- Newmarch, Rosa. The Russian Opera.London: Herbert Jenkins, 1914. xv,
403p. Reprint, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1972. ISBN 0-8371-4298-9.
ML1741 .N49.
Newmarch was one of the first scholars of the West to study the music of
Eastern Europe. She lived in Russia and studied under Stasov, which was a
mixed blessing; her book is, according to Richard Taruskin, “a mirror of the
prejudices... of Vladimir Stasov, surely one of the most partisan and biased
‘historians’ that ever lived.” With that in mind, one can make some use of this
book for personal details and unusual information, notably about Rimsky-
Korsakov. Index. - Neef, Sigrid. Handbuch der russischer und sowjetischen Oper.Berlin: Hen-
schelverlag, 1985. 760p. No ISBN. MT95 .N38.
A valuable work, with chapters on opera in each of the Soviet republics and
then consideration of about 200 operas by 64 composers. For each opera the
Russian and German titles are given, with genesis, synopsis, premiere informa-
tion, reception, publications, and bibliography. For leading composers there is
also musical analysis. Index of titles (in German only) and names. - Maximovitch, Michel. L’opéra russe, 1731–1935. Lausanne: L’Age d’Homme,
- 432p. No ISBN. ML1737 .M33.
A popular narrative history, with synopses and program notes for selected
works. Also information on theaters. All opera titles are in French only, in the
text and in the index. - Morrison, Simon Alexander. “Russian Opera and Symbolist Poets.” Ph.D.
diss., Princeton U., 1997. 277p. - Taruskin, Richard. Opera and Drama in Russia as Preached and Practiced in
the 1860’s.Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research, 1981. xvii, 560p. Reprint,
Rochester: U. of Rochester Press, 1993. ISBN (UMI) 0-8357-1245-1. ML1737
.T37.
An important, exhaustive analysis of the period, emphasizing Glinka, Serov,
and Cui. Works are identified in both Russian and English. Footnotes, 90
490 Opera