Nobody's Fool: A Study of the Yrodivy in Boris Godunov
Description:
Modest Musorgsky completed two versions of his opera Boris Godunov between 1869 and 1874, with significant changes in the second version. The second version adds a concluding lament by the fool character that serves as a warning to the people of Russia beyond the scope of the opera. The use of a fool is significant in Russian history and this connection is made between the opera and other arts of nineteenth-century Russia. These changes are, musically, rather small, but historically and sociall…
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Date:
December 1999
Creator:
Pollard, Carol J.
Partner:
UNT Libraries