"The Mentor: Russian Music, Vol. 4, Num. 18, Serial No. 118, November 1, 1916" by Henry T. Finck is a journey into the heart of Russia's musical heritage during the 1700s and 1800s. Published in the early 1900s, the book presents Russia’s distinct musical style as a combination of the country's own folk sounds with European styles. It highlights important musicians -- such as Michal Ivanovich Glinka, considered the father of Russian opera; Anton Rubinstein; Modeste Moussorgsky; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; and Igor Stravinsky -- by examining their lives, the things that influenced them, and their most iconic pieces, and it also looks at how folk music and the social and political environment shaped these musician's artistic visions.

The Mentor: Russian Music, Vol. 4, Num. 18, Serial No. 118, November 1, 1916
By Henry T. Finck
Explore the lives and melodies of talented composers who mixed native folk tunes with European influences to create Russia's unforgettable music.
Summary
About the AuthorHenry Theophilus Finck was an American music critic and author. Among "the most prolific and influential critics of his day", he was chief classical music critic of both the New York Evening Post and The Nation from 1881 to 1924. He championed Romantic music, promoting composers such as Liszt, Wagner, Grieg and MacDowell. Along with his contemporaries Richard Aldrich, W.J. Henderson, James Huneker and Henry Edward Krehbiel, Finck is considered part of the 'Old Guard', a group of leading New York–based music critics who first established a uniquely American school of criticism.
Henry Theophilus Finck was an American music critic and author. Among "the most prolific and influential critics of his day", he was chief classical music critic of both the New York Evening Post and The Nation from 1881 to 1924. He championed Romantic music, promoting composers such as Liszt, Wagner, Grieg and MacDowell. Along with his contemporaries Richard Aldrich, W.J. Henderson, James Huneker and Henry Edward Krehbiel, Finck is considered part of the 'Old Guard', a group of leading New York–based music critics who first established a uniquely American school of criticism.