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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. First edition, first printing (full number line). Large black multicolored octavo (orange-eye on spine); xvii, 391 p, b&w illus; 25 cm. A bri ght, fine copy with a light crease to front free endpaper, in a fine, faintly scratched/marked DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780198165873Composers; Music -- Russia -- Biography. Contents: 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. Salammbô -- 6. The early songs II -- 7. St. John's night on the bare mountain: more songs -- 8. The Marriage: towards Boris -- 9. Boris Gudonov: composition and production -- 10. Boris Gudonov: the music -- 11. Life alongside Boris I: The Nursery completed -- 12. Life alongside Boris II; Khovanshchina begun -- 13. Two relationships: Pictures at an exhibition and Sunless -- 14. Khovanshchina -- 15. Songs and dances fo death: last songs -- 16. Sorochintsy fair -- 17. Final years -- 18. Postlude: the century since -- Appendices: Calendar; List of works; Personalia; Select bibliography. Show more