To other weekly assignments: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [13], [14].
READ (if you haven't already):
George. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future.... "Musical Life" (pp.359-368) [9pp.]
Knopf. St. Petersburg [Guide]. Music (pp.72-73); Historicism
and Eclecticism (pp.88-89); From the Fontanka to Insurrection Square
(pp.236-241,244); A. Biely "Colors" (pp.121-122); J. Conrad
"Assassinations" (pp.130-131); "An Aristocratic Revolutionary" (pp.132-133)
WEB TOPICS (view, if you haven't already):
READINGS:
George. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future.... Chapter 14: "Hero City"
(pp.497-526) [29pp.]
Knopf. St. Petersburg [Guide]. (pp.50-51)
"The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin" From The Journal for
MultiMedia History. (xerox) [3pp.] Read it online.
Inber's "Leningrad Diary" and introductory material (excerpt)
[xerox] [15pp.]
WEB TOPICS:
Back to the main Petersburg course page.
Back to the Russian at St. Lawrence Page.
last update: 4/4/04
MONDAY - April 12
GUESTS: Musicians Boris Loushin (baritone) and Evgenia Tsarov (pianist)
The Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. Home site.
Petersburg Conservatory of Music. Photo from 1900, along with a brief history of the theater. On the "Alexander Palace" site.
The Mariinsky Theatre's Costume Departments for the
Kirov Opera and Ballet. This Page is part of The Costumer's Manifesto by Tara Maginnis, Ph.D [Fun site!]
Mariinsky Theatre. Official web site.
Graves of Famous Russian Composers in St. Petersburg.
Glinka, Borodin, Musorgskii, Rimskii-Korsakov, Chaikovskii. Photographs by Hilary Teplitz.
Russian Classical Music Links. From Stephany Gould.
Russian Midi Page. Links to some midi files.
*Russian Opera. Information on the composers, plus sound clips from
various operas [you will need "Read Media"]. From "Little Russia" maintained
by Vladimir Pekkel.
*A History of Russian Opera in Performance: The Premiere and Revival
of A Life for the Czar and Boris Godunov. Article by Elaine
Scudder. [Read the section on "A Life for the Czar".]
"Glinka". Portrait from the Russian Art page (Auburn U.)
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. From "Little Russia" maintained
by Vladimir Pekkel. Picture, text, bib.
Miller's Aria from "Mermaid". Sung by Maxim Mikhailov. Fomr Little Russia site.
Alexander Dargomyzhsky Songs and Romances. A song sample with
Marina Philippova, soprano, and Ivan Mikhailov, piano. (21 sec.)
"A maiden and a youth" ("Yunosha i deva"). Copyright 1995-98 Imagina Productions, Inc.
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky. Text. Bib. From "Little
Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.
Alexander Borodin. Copyright © 1995-1998 by L.D.
Lampson & Classical Net.
Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin. Text, picture, bib from
the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.
Cesar Antonovich Cui. Information, links. (Not all pictures are there)
Cesar Antonovich Cui. Brief text, bib. from the site
"Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.
Mily Alekseyevich Balakirev. Short text, picture, bib. from
the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.
*A History of Russian Opera in Performance: The Premiere and Revival
of A Life for the Czar and Boris Godunov. Article by Elaine
Scudder. [Read the section on Boris Godunov.]
Marfa's Song from "Khovanschina". Sung by Nadezhda Obukhova. From
the site "Little Russia."
Marfa's Devination from Khovanschina". Sung by Nadezhda Obukhova. From the site "Little Russia."
"Mussorgsky". Portrait by I. Repin.
From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.).
Moussorgsky's Historical Operas. Notes by David Osler.
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Picture, text, bib. on the
site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.
The Rimsky-Korsakov Home Page. Biography, list of works, links, etc.
Song of the Viking Guest from "Sadko". Sung by Feodor Shaliapin.
On the Little Russia site.
Viking Song from "Sadko". Sung by Mark Reizen. On the Little Russia site.
Song of the Indian Guest from "Sadko". Sung by Ivan Kozlovsky. On the Little Russia site.
Song of the Venetian Guest from "Sadko". Sung by Pavel Lisitsian. On the Little Russia site.
The Rimsky-Korsakov Home Page. Biography, lists of works, comments on the composer, recordings, links to museum, sound clips, other sites, etc.
The Apartment-Museum in St. Petersburg. Rimsky-Korsakov's museum.
The House-Museum of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Tikhvin.
N. Rimsky-Korsakov Museum-Reserve in Loubensk-Vechasha.
The Creative Legacy of N. Rimsky-Korsakov.
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's life. With pictures.
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Operas. From OperaGlass.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Introductory page. Copyright
© 1995-1998 by L.D. Lampson & Classical Net.
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Picture, text,
bib. on the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir
Pekkel.
Arthur Rubinstein - The Artist.
Gremin's Aria from "Eugene Onegin. (Sung by Mark Reizin) Posted on Little Russia site.
Lensky's Aria from "Eugene Onegin". (Sung by Nikolay Gedda) Posted on Little Russia site.
Temple of Tchaikovsky. Biography. Links to other sites.
Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). Information to his symphonies,
concerti, list of works, picture gallery.
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. Picture, text, bib. from
the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.
Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Catalogue of Works.
From a page by B. Langston.
TUESDAY - April 13
GUEST: Ed Golstein, MD
THURSDAY - April 15
The Russian Campaign 1941-1945. Follow the war in photographs and
memoir from the point of view of a German soldier. A photo diary by
Otto Willnauer.
World War II. Information on Wartime Alliance and POW's and MIA's.
A page from the Soviet Archives Exhibit at the Library of Congress.
Includes the testimonial of Wendell Wilkie and a document on POW's.
Russian Aviation Museum. Information about Russain aircraft.
The Campaign in Russia, (August-December,1941). Map from
cartography collection at Indiana State University.
Russian Winter Advance, December 1941 - May, 1944. Map
from cartography collection at Indiana State University.
Map of German Gains, March 28, 1942. Map from cartography
collection at Indiana State University.
The 55th Victory Over Nazism International Forum. Russian point of view of WWII from "Voice of Russia."s
Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact. From "The History Place:
World War Two in Europe." Picture plus text.
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. From "About" by Jennifer Rosenberg.
The Nazi-Soviet NonAgression Pact and Partition of Poland.
Operation Barbarossa. Eastern Front Combat History, 1941-1945. Operation Barbarossa Website © copyright 1997-2004.
Barbarossa. Important dates and events - German invasion of Russia. By
Andrew Carlstrom (University of San Diego).
Roads to Moscow. A personalized view of several events. Al Stewart Archives.
The Siege of Leningrad, September 8, 1941 - January 27, 1944. From the World War II Database.
Witnesses of an age: the residents of Leningrad. (Changing) photographs
of people from the 40's living in Leningrad. (Also contains an audio link to
Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony.) From Dmitry Pilikin.
Leningrad. Three sections on the:
Evacuation of Leningrad (August 1941),
Siege of Leningrad (Autumn 1941), and
Death Toll during the Siege of Leningrad.
Copyright © 1997, The Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Reserve Museum: "The Break of the Siege of Leningrad". Also
includes links to some
video and pictures files.
The 900-day Siege of Leningrad (Blokada). From Saint Petersburg.com.
Post-war reconstruction. Also from Saint Petersburg.com.
Battle for Stalingrad. Stories, pictures, links, sounds.
From "Stalingrad.Pandora". [Intriguing site!]
Welcome to Stalingrad. Home page for the city. Check out
the
"Guide to Mamaev Hill",
"The History of the Battle on the Volga" (photo archive,
history, links).
The Battle at Stalingrad. Student report by Chris Meyers.
The Cold War Begins. Description of the Yalta Conference. Page from
Steve Schoenherr, University of San Diego.
*Raising of the Hammer and Sickle over the Reichstag. May 2, 1945. One of
the most famous WWII photos (taken by Yevgeny Khaldei). From the Yevgeny Khaldei exhibit on the Howard Schickler Fine Art site.
Soviet War Photography. Images of the Second World War and its Aftermath.
Exhibit at the Howard Schickler Fine Art Museum.
(Thirty-three images of Soviet photos seldom seen in the West.)
Timeline with Photos and Text. From "The History Place: World War
Two in Europe."
*The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin. Film Review
(with pictures). Copyright: The Journal for MultiMedia History.
Dmitri Shostakovich - Works. A list of Shostakovich's musical
compositions, including the Symphony #7 (the Leningrad) and Symphony
#13 (Babiy Yar). (List from G. Shirmer.)
The Music of Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975). Sound clips from 24 Preludes
and Fugues opus 87, Fantastic Dance No.3, Festive Overture, Piano Concerto #2,
Symphony #10; Prelude Op.34, Prelude Op.87. [midi-files]
Shostakovich, Dmitry. Brief introduction with lists of his works. From HNH home
page.
Shostakovich Museum. Besides links, includes general and specific information on Shostakovich. See sections such as "Shostakovich: Stalinist or Soviet Dissident," Jewish themes in Shostakovich's Music." By Meerenai Shim.
Shostakovichiana. A collection of documents and photographs.
By Allan B. Ho and Dmitry Feofanov.
The Shostakovich Gallery. Thirty-five pictures are published in Shostakovich
by Allan B. Ho and Dmitry Feofanov.
You Must Remember. Shostakovich's alleged interrogation by the NKVD in 1937.
Shostakovich and the Soviet State. Vladimir Ashkenazy talks about the composer.
Interviewed by John Stratford and John Riley in October 1991.
Witnesses for the Defence. Testimonies concerning Shostakovich's attitudes to
the Soviet regime. By Ian MacDonald. (March, 1998).
Vera Inber. Picture and link to selected Russian texts. From the Odessa Globe
Web Site.
Inber, Vera (1890-1972). Brief biography. From the Encyclopedia of
Marxism: Glossary of People.
