William Derbyshire

Dr. Derbyshire is a retired professor of Russian linguistics and is currently a free-lance translator of several Slavic languages. He has written reviews for ‘Opera News’ and ‘Soho Weekly News’ as well as program notes for regional opera companies

Making Russian Art Songs Accessible

A review of Tchaikovsky’s and Rachmaninov’s Complete Song Texts
by Laurence R. Richter, Leyerle Publications, $20.

William Derbyshire