{"id":478,"date":"2016-11-20T17:32:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T17:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=478"},"modified":"2016-11-20T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T17:34:39","slug":"glinka-and-the-russian-five-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=478","title":{"rendered":"Glinka and the Russian Five: Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth Curtis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/416px-Michael_Glinka.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/416px-Michael_Glinka.jpg?resize=260%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/416px-Michael_Glinka-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/416px-Michael_Glinka.jpg 416w\" alt=\"416px-Michael_Glinka\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>Michael Glinka<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The history of Russian music has often involved a tension between home-grown and imported music. Rarely has this been more true than in the 19th century, when a new and very deliberately national style was cultivated, first by Glinka and then by the so-called \u2018Mighty Handful\u2019, Balakirev, Borodin, Musorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Cui.\u00a0 The second part of this course will explore how Musorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov endeavoured to make their work distinctively Russian, and will also summarise the musical legacy of the \u2018Five\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Though linked to the earlier course, this one will be entirely self-standing, and does not require that you attended last term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended reading<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brown et al., <em>The New Grove Russian Masters 1: Glinka, Borodin, Balakirev, Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky.<\/em> London, 1986.<\/li>\n<li>Abraham et al., <em>The New Grove Russian Masters 2: Rimsky-Korsakov, Rakhmaninov, Skryabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich.<\/em> London, 1986.<\/li>\n<li>Rimsky-Korsakov (transl. J.A. Joffe), <em>My Musical Life. <\/em>London, 1974.<\/li>\n<li>Brown, <em>Musorgsky: his life and works<\/em>. London, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Walsh, <em>Musorgsky and his circle<\/em>. New York, 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Day<\/b>: Mondays\u00a0<b>Time<\/b>: 2pm\u2013 4pm<\/p>\n<p>Five weeks, starting<b> 27th February-27th March, 2016<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Venue<\/b>:<br \/>\nBrook Road Methodist Church,<br \/>\nDavyhulme,<br \/>\nUrmston<br \/>\nM41 5RQ<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Concessions<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Minimum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Maximum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a345<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>Please book before 13th February, 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Gareth Curtis, 25 Westbourne Park, Urmston, Manchester, M41 0XR<br \/>\n<b>email<\/b>:curtismusic@btinternet.com <b>phone<\/b>:0161 747 8687<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth Curtis Michael Glinka The history of Russian music has often involved a tension between home-grown and imported music. Rarely has this been more true than in the 19th century, when a new and very deliberately national style was cultivated, first by Glinka and then by the so-called \u2018Mighty Handful\u2019, Balakirev, Borodin, Musorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}