Sergey Prokofiev and his world

Author(s)

• Morrison, Simon Alexander
• Bard Music Festival

Bibliographic Information

Sergey Prokofiev and his world

edited by Simon Morrison

Princeton University Press, c2008

• : cloth

Note

"Published in conjunction with the Bard Music Festival"--P. facing t.p

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• "Look after your son's talents" : The literary notebook of Mariya Prokofieva / introductory essay, commentary, and translation by Pamela Davidson
• The Krzhizhanovsky-Prokofiev collaboration on "Eugene Onegin", 1936 (a lesser-known casualty of the Pushkin death jubilee) / introductory essay, commentary, and translation by Caryl Emerson
• Prokofiev and Atovmyan : Correspondence, 1933-1952 / introduction and commentary by Nelly Kravetz ; translation by Simon Morrison
• Prokofiev's immortalization / Leonid Maximenkov
• "I came too soon" : Prokofiev's early career in America / Stephen D. Press
• Lieutenant Kizhe : New media, new means / Kevin Bartig
• Observations on Prokofiev's sketchbooks / Mark Aranovsky ; translation by Jason Strudler
• Prokofiev on the Los Angeles Limited / Elizabeth Bergman
• Between two aesthetics : The revision of Pilnyak's "Mahogany" and Prokofiev's Fourth symphony / Marina Frolova-Walker
• After Prokofiev / Peter J. Schmelz
• Beyond death and evil : Prokofiev's spirituality and Christian Science / Leon Botstein

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953), arguably the most popular composer of the twentieth century, led a life of triumph and tragedy. The story of his prodigious childhood in tsarist Russia, maturation in the West, and rise and fall as a Stalinist-era composer is filled with unresolved questions. "Sergey Prokofiev and His World" probes beneath the surface of his career and contextualizes his contributions to music on both sides of the nascent Cold War divide. The book contains previously unknown documents from the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art in Moscow and the Prokofiev Estate in Paris. The literary notebook of the composer's mother, Mariya Grigoryevna, illuminates her involvement in his education and is translated in full, as are ninety-eight letters between the composer and his business partner, Levon Atovmyan.The collection also includes a translation of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's unperformed stage adaptation of "Eugene Onegin", for which Prokofiev composed incidental music in 1936. The essays in the book range in focus from musical sketches to Kremlin decrees. The contributors explore Prokofiev's time in America; evaluate his working methods in the mid-1930s; document the creation of his score for the film "Lieutenant Kizhe"; tackle how and why Prokofiev rewrote his 1930 "Fourth Symphony" in 1947; detail his immortalization by Soviet bureaucrats, composers, and scholars; and, examine Prokofiev's interest in Christian Science and the paths it opened for his music. The contributors are Mark Aranovsky, Kevin Bartig, Elizabeth Bergman, Leon Botstein, Pamela Davidson, Caryl Emerson, Marina Frolova-Walker, Nelly Kravetz, Leonid Maximenkov, Stephen Press, and Peter Schmelz.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments viii SIMON MORRISON Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Titles xii PART I: DOCUMENTS "Look After Your Son's Talents": 2 The Literary Notebook of Mariya Prokofieva INTRODUCTORY ESSAY, COMMENTARY, AND TRANSLATION BY PAMELA DAVIDSON The Krzhizhanovsky-Prokofiev Collaboration on Eugene Onegin, 60 1936 (A Lesser-Known Casualty of the Pushkin Death Jubilee) INTRODUCTORY ESSAY, COMMENTARY, AND TRANSLATION BY CARYL EMERSON Prokofiev and Atovmyan: Correspondence, 1933-1952 190 INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY BY NELLY KRAVETZ TRANSLATION BY SIMON MORRISON Prokofiev's Immortalization 285 LEONID MAXIMENKOV PART II: ESSAYS "I Came Too Soon": Prokofiev's Early Career in America 334 STEPHEN D. PRESS Lieutenant Kizhe: New Media, New Means 376 KEVIN BARTIG Observations on Prokofiev's Sketchbooks 401 MARK ARANOVSKY TRANSLATION BY JASON STRUDLER Prokofiev on the Los Angeles Limited 423 ELIZABETH BERGMAN Between Two Aesthetics: The Revision of Pilnyak's Mahogany 452 and Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony MARINA FROLOVA-WALKER After Prokofiev 493 PETER J. SCHMELZ Beyond Death and Evil: Prokofiev's Spirituality and Christian Science 530 LEON BOTSTEIN Permissions and Credits 562 Index 563 Notes on the Contributors 578

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• NCID: BA87697534
• ISBN:
  • 9780691138947
• LCCN: 2008926970
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Princeton
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 580 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML410.P865
  • DC22 : 780.92
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
  • LCSH : Composers -- Soviet Union -- Biography