A rare look at the life and music of renowned Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov During his lifetime, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a composer whose work had great influence not only in his native Russia but also internationally. While he remains well-known in Russia-where many of his fifteen operas and various orchestral pieces
Author Biography
Marina Frolova-Walker is professor of music history at the University of Cambridge and fellow of Clare College. Her books include Russian Music and Nationalism from Glinka to Stalin and Stalin's Music Prize.
Reviews
"Rimskii-Korsakov and His World is to be welcomed not just for the many riches within it, but for its implicit call to continue the work of reconsidering the composer to whom it is so devoted."---Philip Ross Bullock, Slavonic and East European Review
