Abstract
Although it is almost a truism nowadays to say that the style of Mikhail Glinka’s
operas is Italianate, little effort has yet been made to investigate this aspect of his
work in any detail. A comparison of Glinka’s 'A Life for theTsar' (1836) with contemporary Italian operas not only offers insights into his compositional methods, but also provides a more nuanced view of the construction of Russian national music by showing the complexity of Glinka’s relation with contemporary bel canto opera.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 376-405 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Music and Letters |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |