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List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgments; PartI. Background: 1. Tsar Boris in history; 2. Musorgsky's literary sources,Karamzin and Pushkin; 3. Narrative and musical synopsis of the opera; 4.History of the composition, rejection, revision, and acceptance of BorisGodunov; 5. A tale of two productions - St. Petersburg (1874-1882), Paris(1908); Part II. Entr'acte: 6. Boris and the censor: documents; 7. The operathrough the years: selected texts in criticism; Part III. Interpretation: 8.The Boris libretto as a formal, literary, and historical problem; 9. Themusic; 10. Boris Godunov during the jubilee decade: the 1980s and beyond;Discography; Bibliography; Index.