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This program begins in 1881, the year in which Tsar Alexander II was assassinated and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto premiered. It covers the introduction of musical professionalism by the Rubinstein brothers, the directions of the Mighty Fistful (also known as the Russian Five), and focuses on...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Granada Television International, Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors:	Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910, Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [2004]
Series:	Man and music (DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:	Music > Soviet Union > 19th century > History and criticism. Composers > Soviet Union > Biography. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, > 1840-1893. Nationalism in music. Documentary television programs.

Table of Contents:

Sections of: Violin Concerto, First String Quartet, Eugene Onegin, Swan Lake, Symphonie Pathetique / Tchaikovsky
Islamei / Balakirev
In Central Asia ; Second String Quartet / Borodin
Boris Godunov / Mussorgsky.