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[Russian Music] Rimsky-Korsakow, Nikolai. (1844-1908). Scheherazade d'Apres 'Mille et Une Nuits', Op. 35 - Full Score. Leipzig: M. P. Belaieff. 1889. First edition. 8vo (c.27 x 18cms). Chromolithographed title page, synopsis in Russian and French, music on pp. 3-227. [PN] 178. Modern cloth-backed paper boards, with publisher's front title-wrapper trimmed and affixed to front board. Covers worn, small tear in right margin of title page, inner gutters reinforced, overall a very good copy of this uncommon score.

One of the rarest publications by the Belaieff publishing firm, founded in 1885 by the Leipzig lumber magnate, Mitrofan Petrovich Belaieff. The elaborate and expensively produced color lithograph title pages, such as the one included here, rapily became his trademark and they are highly prized by collectors today.

This copy accords with the descriptions of the copies in Oxford and the British Library. Fuld indicates a copy dated 1890, with plate numbers 178-180 and a different price on title (Fuld, p.487).

Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work, Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed in 1888 and based on The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights. The music was first performed in Saint Petersburg on October 28, 1888 conducted by the composer and was later adapted to a ballet for the Ballets Russes with choreography by Michel Fokine, an endeavor protested by the composer's widow.

[Russian Music] Rimsky-Korsakow, Nikolai. (1844-1908) Scheherazade d'Apres 'Mille et Une Nuits', Op. 35 - Full Score

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[Russian Music] Rimsky-Korsakow, Nikolai. (1844-1908). Scheherazade d'Apres 'Mille et Une Nuits', Op. 35 - Full Score. Leipzig: M. P. Belaieff. 1889. First edition. 8vo (c.27 x 18cms). Chromolithographed title page, synopsis in Russian and French, music on pp. 3-227. [PN] 178. Modern cloth-backed paper boards, with publisher's front title-wrapper trimmed and affixed to front board. Covers worn, small tear in right margin of title page, inner gutters reinforced, overall a very good copy of this uncommon score.

One of the rarest publications by the Belaieff publishing firm, founded in 1885 by the Leipzig lumber magnate, Mitrofan Petrovich Belaieff. The elaborate and expensively produced color lithograph title pages, such as the one included here, rapily became his trademark and they are highly prized by collectors today.

This copy accords with the descriptions of the copies in Oxford and the British Library. Fuld indicates a copy dated 1890, with plate numbers 178-180 and a different price on title (Fuld, p.487).

Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work, Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed in 1888 and based on The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights. The music was first performed in Saint Petersburg on October 28, 1888 conducted by the composer and was later adapted to a ballet for the Ballets Russes with choreography by Michel Fokine, an endeavor protested by the composer's widow.