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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV ANDREY: (1878-1940) - RIMSKY-KORSAKOV ANDREY: (1878-1940) Russian musicologist, son of the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. A.L.S., A. Rimsky Korsakov , two pages, 4to, Leningrad, 11th September 1937, to Mikhail Dmitrievitch, in Cyrillic. Rimsky-Korsakov writes an informative letter, thanking his correspondent for their letter and a clipping from the Musical Times , observing ´It seems to me that the comparison between Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky in their relationship with women is incorrect. In my book Mussorgsky: Letters and Documents, Introduction, page 18, I mention three women with whom Mussorgsky, at different times, had affections akin to falling in love: N. P. Opochinina, A. A. Latysheva, and M. B. Shilovskaya´ and further referring to a letter by Vladimir Stasov which he recalls ´mentions some defect of Mussorgsky’s male organ, whereby normal coitus was impeded, or something to that effect´ . Rimsky-Korsakov then proceeds to write at length regarding his own current writing projects, ´ My small work Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. Their Personal Relations and Artistic Attitudes (based on their correspondence) was considered “unsatisfactory” by the current head of the Muzgiz [State Music Publishing House], Grinberg (who also works at the Art Committee). I have included it in the next five-year plan for the State Public Library, where I hope to publish it in a somewhat modified form. I do not wish to send it abroad for its first publication, however, for reasons of backward patriotism. I have just sent proof corrections of the fourth issue or volume of my book N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Life and work. This issue comprises eleven printed sheets. I will send it to you as soon as it is printed. I hope, as usual, for your kind attention to it and informative notes in the English and perhaps also American and French press. For the twentieth anniversary of the October Revolution, the State Public Library is printing my small book (about five printed sheets) Musical Treasures of the Manuscript Department of the State Public Library. A detailed critical review (with quite comprehensive summary in French). Additionally, the first volumes of the so-called academic edition of the complete works of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, edited by M. O. Steinberg and myself, are being published. I am currently working on the fifth issue of my “biography” of my father, which will comprise six issues. The last one is devoted to his creative work and various reference materials. By the way, June 8/21, 1938 will mark the 30 th anniversary of my father's death. In 1940, the centenary of Tchaikovsky's birth will be celebrated, and in 1944, the centenary of my father’s birth. For these two anniversaries, I have planned a substantial work based on materials from the State Public Library´ . A letter of good content for its various references to Russian composers. VG