Mily Balakirev, "Russia," Double-Signed by Composers Balakirev & Rimsky-Korsakov

Mily Balakirev
"Russia," Double-Signed by Composers Balakirev & Rimsky-Korsakov

Russia

BALAKIREV, Mily (1837-1910). [Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908).] "Russia" A Monsieur Nicolas Rimski-Korsakow Poeme Symphonique Pour Orchestre. [Symphonic Poem for Orchestra.] St. Petersburg & Moscow: W. Bessel & Co., [1893].4to (287 x 210 mm). Illuminated title-page in 4 colors, text in Russian and French, engraved musical notation. (Some soft creasing, slight spotting throughout, and extremities with minor chipping and soiling.) Publisher's red cloth-backed printed wrappers (some soiling, toning and wear); custom red morocco-backed folding case, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 3. Later edition of the full score.SIGNED BY BALAKIREV, AND ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY THE DEDICATEE, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, on the explanatory preface page. An association copy, signed by both the composer and the dedicatee, two central figures in the development of Russian nationalist music. Rimsky-Korsakov had been an early protege of Balakirev and, with him, a member of "The Five" (or "The Mighty Handful"), though their once-close musical relationship had deteriorated by the time Balakirev dedicated Rus' to him in 1887.

Provenance: Collection of Michael Tilson Thomas

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