Russian composer (1844-1908) best known for such works as Scheherezade and for operatic staples like Sadko, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, and The Golden Cockerel. Signed musical score: Boyarynia Vera Sheloga [The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga], Op. 54. St. Petersburg: Vasily Kessel & Co., 1898. Softcover, 9.25 x 12.25, 45 pages. Signed on the title page in Cyrillic in fountain pen (translated): "To my dear friend Anatoly Konstantinovich Liadov from his loving N. R.-Korsakov, St. Petersburg 98." Housed in a custom cloth-covered clamshell box. The book is generally in very good condition, with restorations to covers (recased in soft wrappers with original covers affixed); apart from some light soiling and a few small chips, the contents (including signed page) are fine. Liadov himself (1855-1914) was a composer of some note who studied with Rimsky-Korsakov and became best known for his piano pieces and orchestral tone poems.
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