Musorgsky

Contents

• Preface
• Illustrations
• 1. Childhood and early years
• 2. The making of a composer: I
• 3. The making of a composer: II
• 4. The early songs: I
• 5. Salammbo
• 6. The early songs: II
• 7. St John's Night on the Bare Mountain more songs
• 8. The Marriage: towards Boris
• 9. Boris Godunov: composition and production
• 10. Boris Godunov
• 11. Life alongside Boris - The Nursery completed, A note on Musorgsky's spelling of his name
• 12. Life alongside Boris II: Khovanshchina begun
• 13. Two relationships: Pictures at an Exhibition and Sunless
• 14. Khovanshchina
• 15. Songs and Dances of Death: Last songs
• 16. Sorochintsy Fair
• 17. Final years
• 18. Postlude: the century since
• Appendices
• A. Calendar
• B. List of works
• C. Personalia
• D. Select bibliography
• Index