M. Montagu-Nathan takes an in-depth look and the history of Russian
music, and a special look at the rise and progress of the Russian School
of Composers. Contents include: Introduction; Part 1- The
Pre-nationalists. Volkoff- Berezovsky, Bortniansky and Verstovsky,
Glinka "A Life for the Czar", Russian and Ludmilla, Dargomijsky, The
Stone Guest and the Five, Seroff and Lvoff. Part 2 - The Nationalists.
Balakireff, Cesar cui, Borodin, Moussorgsky, Boris Goudounoff,
Khovantchina, The Last Phase, Rimsky Korsakoff. Part 3- The Decline of
Nationalism. Glazounoff, Liadoff and Liapounoff, Arensky, Tchaikovsky
Rubinstein and the Eclectics, Taneieff. Part 4- The Present Movement.
Rachmaninoff, Gliere and Ippolitoff-Ivanoff, Scriabin, Vassilenko and
Grechaninoff, Akimenko Tcherepnin and Rebikoff, Steinberg Medtner and
Catoire, Stravinsky, Operatic and Concert Enterprises, Appendix I,
Appendix II.