Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition by Michael Russ

Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition by Michael Russ

The piano cycle Pictures at an Exhibition is perhaps the most widely known of Musorgsky's compositions, especially as orchestrated by Ravel. This informative and wide-ranging guide places the original piano work in the context of Russian cultural life, considering in particular the work of the artist Victor Hartman, creator of the pictures which inspired Musorgsky's composition. A detailed synopsis takes the reader through each piece in turn, describing the forms, the external references, and drawing connections with Musorgsky's other musical works. Chapters on the music itself consider, for example, folk elements, key relations and motivic structures. Dr Russ also describes the fate of the work in the hands of editors and performers and closes by surveying the best of the orchestrations, particularly that by Ravel. The book is illustrated with photographs of the existing pictures from Hartman's exhibition.

Monty Adkins is Professor of Experimental Music at the University of Huddersfield. His writings deal extensively with the aesthetics and perception of experimental electronic music as well as proposing means of analysing this work. He has lectured on Gerhard's work in New York, Stockholm, Ljubljana and Montreal. Michael Russ is Emeritus Dean and Professor of Music at the University of Huddersfield. He has published on composers including Bartok, Musorgsky and Webern as well as set theory and Schenkerian analysis. As a National Teaching Fellow he has also published on Teaching and Learning in higher education.

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ISBN 13	9780521386074
ISBN 10	0521386071
Title	Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Author	Michael Russ
Series	Cambridge Music Handbooks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1992-08-28
Number of pages	120
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.