Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

By (author): "David Lodge, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov"
Genres:Music books  Scores books  
Publish Date: January 1st 1932
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
ISBN0141800542
ISBN139780141800547
AsinRimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Original titleScheherazade, Op. 35 (Dover Miniature Scores)
One of the worlds most beloved symphonic compositionsa shimmering, evocative musical treatment of the legend of Scheherazade, the storytelling sultanawas composed in 1888 by a Russian master of orchestration and luminous tone-painting. Rimsky-Korsakovs Scheherazade is imbued with exotic Near Eastern moods and the subtle flavor of Russian folk music. Reproduced here from the authoritative M. P. Belaieff edition.