Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 27 chapters (including introduction and conclusion) |
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Composition Year | 1895 |
Genre Categories | Music history; Writings; Romances; Russian language |
Work Title | The Russian Romance |
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Alternative. Title | The Russian Romance: A Sketch of Its Development ; Русский романс: очерк его развития |
Composer | Cui, César |
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | None [force assignment] |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 27 chapters (including introduction and conclusion) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1895 |
First Publication. | 1895 (serially); 1896 (monographically) |
Language | Russian |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Book |
The contents of this book appeared originally as separate articles published from January to July 1895 among various issues of the periodicals Artist (Артист), the Russian Musical Gazette (Русская музыкальная газета) and The Week (Неделя). The monographic version appeared the next year.
This book has been translated into English. See Classical Essays on the Russian Art Song: 1. The Russian Romance, by Cesar Cui; 2. The Russian Art Song, by Nikolay Findeisen. Nerstrand, Minn.: James Walker, 1993.