Rimsky-Korsakov The Maid of Pskov

[TerraEpon]

Rachmaninov, Rachmaninoff.....tomato tomato.

[Alan Howe]

With apologies....back to the music.

[Amphissa]

I too tire of having this argument over and over and over with people who, under *any* other circumstance, would be meticulous about the correct spelling of composer's names. But I'll not say anything further about it, Mr. Howe.

[eschiss1]

well, yes, there is a correct spelling or two- AND ONLY ONE. Use the original Cyrillic (tense etc. depending on etc., using unicode, etc. ...)
I don't happen to know how to conjugate Cyrillic, so I settle for English approximations... that's all the others are. Approximations.

[Mark Thomas]

OK, that really is the final word on the subject in both this and the other Russian composer's thread. Further contributions risk deletion!

[Christopher]

Enuff is enuff....?!

[sdtom]

My original thread really brings up a valid point for the unsung composer and that is Rimsky-Korsakov and the formation of the "rusky" sound a mixture of the orient and folk music. I would encourage all to read Taruskin and his fine books.

[chill319]

If memory serves, there's a tale that R-K lived for a time with Moussorgsky in the early 1870s. The two sat at opposite sides of a table, Moussorgsky writing Boris and Rimsky writing The Maid of Pskov. (Anyone know if the tale is false?) Boris is no doubt the greater opera, but in my opinion Rimsky's not entirely dissimilar tale is not so far behind in ambition and execution.

[sdtom]

You're correct Chill. This was at a time where Moussorgsky had lost his government job. As you know Rimsky-Korsakoff spent a lot of time working on Moussorgsky's works.
Tom