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Tables of Contents for The Life of Musorgsky
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of illustrations
vi
Note on sources and translations
viii
Acknowledgments
ix
Preface
xi
Childhood and youth, 1839--1856
1
25
Apprenticeship in St. Petersburg, 1850s--1860s: composers' evenings and the commune
26
29
Conservatories, ``circles,'' and Musorgsky at the far musical edge
55
26
1868--1874: Musorgsky and Russian history
81
31
The 1870s: Musorgsky and death
112
24
Beyond tragedy: the final years
136
43
Epilogue: the Musorgsky problem, then and now
157
12
Musical postlude: Appraising the artistic product
169
10
David Geppert
Notes
179
9
Selected bibliography
188
2
Index
190