Research Catalog

Title

6 + Tsvetayeva : poems to music : Shostakovich / translated by Herbert Marshall and illustrated by Michael Caine.

Author

T︠S︡vetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941

Publication

• London : Kravissy Press, 1988.
• London : Royal College of Art, 1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975
• Marshall, Herbert, 1906-1991
• Caine, Michael Christopher
• Kravissy Press, publisher
• Royal College of Art (Great Britain), printer

Description

8 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 27 cm

Uniform Title

Poems. Selections. English & Russian

Alternative Title

• Poems.
• Six poems

Genre/Form

• Private press books (Publishing) – England – London – 1988.
• Artists' books – England – London – 1988.
• Privately published books (Publishing) – England – London – 1988.
• Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
• Artists' proofs.

Note

• Cover title.
• "Produced for the Kravissy Press" -- front cover.
• "These poems were translated by Herbert Marshall in 1985, from the music of the Suite for Contralto & Piano. They were typeset at Monoset Typesetters Ltd in 10pt. Cyrillic Plantin and small capitals and printed at the Royal College of Art with the assistance of Mick Perry in an edition of fifty numbered copies. Shostakovich set these six poems to music in 1973, just two years before his death. Herbert Marshall (b. 1906) is renowned for his work as the translator of Vladimir Mayakovsky. His work in this field is without equal. He was commisioned by Shostakovich himself to provide translations into Russian for the composer's Fourteenth Symphony" -- colophon.

Language (note)

• Parallel text in English (printed in black) and Russian (printed in green).

Binding (note)

• Two loose bifolia laid in publisher's printed decorative stiff wrappers with title: "Marina Tsvetayeva : six poems".

Contents

My poems -- From whence comes such tenderness? -- Dialogue of Hamlet with his conscience -- The poet and the tsar -- No, drum beats did roll-- -- To Anna Akhmatova.

Call Number

Rare Books 21-472

OCLC

37891444

Author

T︠S︡vetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941, author.

Title

6 + Tsvetayeva : poems to music : Shostakovich / translated by Herbert Marshall and illustrated by Michael Caine.

Publisher

London : Kravissy Press, 1988.

Manufacturer

London : Royal College of Art, 1988.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

Parallel text in English (printed in black) and Russian (printed in green).

Binding

Two loose bifolia laid in publisher's printed decorative stiff wrappers with title: "Marina Tsvetayeva : six poems". NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books 21-472 is "epreuve d'artiste"; signed by the artist on the colophon.

Added Author

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, composer.

Marshall, Herbert, 1906-1991, translator.

Caine, Michael Christopher, artist, engraver.

T︠S︡vetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941. Poems. Selections. English.

T︠S︡vetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941. Poems. Selections. Russian.

Kravissy Press, publisher.

Royal College of Art (Great Britain), printer.

Research Call Number

Rare Books 21-472