Beginnings: 1881-1902
Apprenticeship: 1903-1911
Emergence: 1911-1914
War and Revolution: 1914-1917
Aftermath: 1918-1921
Expanding Horizons: 1921-1923
Cross-Currents: 1924-1926
'Sheer Overcoming': 1927-1931
Time of Troubles: 1932-1941
Endurance: 1941-1945
Final Years: 1946-1950
Appendix I: A Note on Recordings
Appendix II: List of Published Works
Bibliography
PATRICK ZUK is Professor of Music at Durham University.
Both in word and in deed, Myaskovsky was truly "the artistic
conscience of Soviet music." How rarely such warm words came his
way during his lifetime. But at long last now, 71 years after his
death, we have a book that reveals how richly deserved they
were.... Zuk has done music lovers an immense service in this book.
In its depth of research, it is far and away the finest study of
its subject, and it stands alongside the best books on Soviet
music: its accounts of the ideological turning points of
Revolution, Cultural Revolution and Socialist Realism are models of
their kind.
*Gramophone*
Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881-1950) and his milieu are masterfully
portrayed by the erudite and scholarly Patrick Zuk in this
monograph which took nearly seven years to complete. It is
comprehensively researched and would be enjoyed by professional
musicians, students and laymen alike.
*Stringendo, Journal of the Australian Strings Association*
In this groundbreaking endeavor, Zuk (Durham Univ., UK) presents an
in-depth biography of Soviet composer Nikolay Myaskovsky . . . .
[T]he first-ever comprehensive and objective study of the man and
his music. This is an important book.
*CHOICE*
Patrick Zuk's [book] is the first-ever substantial scholarly
biography on [Myaskovsky], in any language. . . . A
'setting-the-record straight'-style book would be an achievement in
itself, but Zuk goes beyond this noble aim, to engage with
prolonged, meticulous archival work. . . . The volume is not only
'definitive' as an essential resource for anyone interested in
Myaskovsky, but sets a benchmark against which any future archival
work will be measured. . . . Overall, this volume is indispensable
for any researcher of Russian and Soviet music.
*Music & Letters*
Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881-1950) and his milieu are masterfully
portrayed by the erudite and scholarly Patrick Zuk in this
monograph which took nearly seven years to complete. It is
comprehensively researched and would be enjoyed by professional
musicians, students and laymen alike.
*AUSTA Stringendo*
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