About the Author

Richard Taruskin is Professor of Music at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Opera and Drama in Russia, Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, and a new book with Princeton University Press, Defining Russia Musically (see page 11 of this catalog).

Reviews

"Richard Taruskin – 2017 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy, Prize Field: Music, Inamori Foundation"

"It takes a critic of Mr. Taruskin's wide sympathies and musical acumen to steer through such rocky artistic and philosophical straits. It is unlikely that this year will see the publication of a more engrossing or more valuable book about music."---Donald Henahan, The New York Times Book Review

"The merit of Taruskin's essays lies in his clear, highly readable style, which constantly keeps the reader's interest. . . . A major achievement."
*Opera News*

"Richard Taruskin's . . . book reaffirms his position as the pre-eminent American historian of Russian music. He is the scholar who pursues the 'real Musorgsky' with beguiling zest, deep erudition, abiding philology, and thoroughly appropriate irreverence."---Thomas P. Hodge, The New Republic