Scheherazade
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, like all readers of the Arabian Nights, was fascinated by the wealth of picturesque detail contained in this collection of fantastic, adventurous, bawdy, delightful tales. He even went to the extent of writing a Symphonic Suite depicting some of the incidents of the stories, and it was this "Scheherazade" Suite which I recently heard from 4YA. The only fault I can find with the work is that it is almost a8 long-winded as the heroine herself, who, you will remember, kept 4 cruel and rapacious spouse pre-occupied with her fanciful stories for a thousand ‘nights and one night. The Suite describes, among other things, Sinbad’s ship and his bird, the Roc, the romance of the Prince and Princess, and numerous details such as the Eastern street crowds, fights and quarrels, dancers, palanquins. But fpr the listener the music cannot compare with the actual pages of the Arabian Nights, nor"did I feel curious to hear more when Rimsky-Korsakov, like Scheherazade, observed the approach of dawn, and discreetly fell silent.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 314, 29 June 1945, Page 8
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