Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword by Leslie Howard
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on Transliteration
List of Abbreviations for Sources

1. Prologue: The Historical Context
2. Return to Russia and First Opera, 1848–53
3. Foreign Tour, 1854–59
4. The Founding of the Russian Music Society and Russia's First Conservatory, 1859–67
5. Europe and America Concert Tour, 1867–73
6. A Villa at Peterhof and Operatic Successes, 1873–85
7. The Historical Concerts and Second Term as Director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1885–91
8. Dresden, 1891–94

Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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The first modern biography of this virtuosic pianist and composer available in English

About the Author

Philip S. Taylor, who died in 2007, was a member of the Institute of Translating and Interpreting, United Kingdom.

Reviews

" ... this is a valuable, much-needed and important study... I for one take my hat off to the author for a remarkable achievement."--Jeremy Nicholas, Gramaphone February 2008