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Book Review
May. 28th, 2012 06:42 pmThe Life of Musorgsky
by Caryl Emerson
The appeal of reading this book was, for me, the chance to learn a little bit about Modest Musorgsky. Despite writing some very well known pieces - Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain are familiar to most people - Musorgsky remains a shadowy figure. Emerson's concise yet probing biography sheds plenty of light on its subject. I particularly enjoyed the analytical content, in which Emerson examines Musorgsky's music, various aspects of his life and character, and his and his music's relationship to Russian artistic and political history.
by Caryl Emerson
The appeal of reading this book was, for me, the chance to learn a little bit about Modest Musorgsky. Despite writing some very well known pieces - Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain are familiar to most people - Musorgsky remains a shadowy figure. Emerson's concise yet probing biography sheds plenty of light on its subject. I particularly enjoyed the analytical content, in which Emerson examines Musorgsky's music, various aspects of his life and character, and his and his music's relationship to Russian artistic and political history.
