Russian Music at Home and Abroad

Russian Music at Home and Abroad
Author :
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 556
Release :
ISBN-13 : 9780520288089
ISBN-10 : 0520288084
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Russian Music at Home and Abroad by : Richard Taruskin

Download or read book Russian Music at Home and Abroad written by Richard Taruskin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection views Russian music through the Greek triad ofÊÒthe Good, the True, and the BeautifulÓ to investigateÊhow the idea of "nation" embeds itself in the public discourse about music and other arts with results at times invigorating, at times corrupting. In our divided, postÐCold War, and now postÐ9/11 world, Russian music, formerly a quiet corner on the margins of musicology, has become a site of noisy contention. Richard Taruskin assesses the political and cultural stakes that attach to it in the era of Pussy Riot and renewed international tensions, before turning to individual cases from the nineteenth century to the present. Much ofÊthe volume is devoted to the resolutely cosmopolitan but inveterately Russian Igor Stravinsky, one of the major forces in the music of the twentieth century and subject of particular interest to composers and music theorists all over the world. Taruskin here revisits him for the first time since the 1990s, when everything changed for Russia and its cultural products. Other essays are devoted to the cultural and social policies of the Soviet Union and their effect on the music produced there as those policies swung away from Communist internationalism to traditional Russian nationalism; to the musicians of the Russian postrevolutionary diaspora; andÊto the tension between the compelling artistic quality of works such as StravinskyÕs Sacre du Printemps or ProkofieffÕs Zdravitsa and the antihumanistic or totalitarian messages they convey. Russian Music at Home and Abroad addresses these concerns in a personal and critical way, characteristically demonstrating TaruskinÕs authority and ability toÊbring living history out of the shadows.


Russian Music at Home and Abroad Related Books

Russian Music at Home and Abroad
Language: en
Pages: 556
Authors: Richard Taruskin
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-06 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This new collection views Russian music through the Greek triad ofÊÒthe Good, the True, and the BeautifulÓ to investigateÊhow the idea of "nation" embeds it
Russian Composers Abroad
Language: en
Pages: 383
Authors: Elena Dubinets
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-05 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

As waves of composers migrated from Russia in the 20th century, they grappled with the complex struggle between their own traditions and those of their adopted
In Stravinsky's Orbit
Language: en
Pages: 309
Authors: Klara Moricz
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-04 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Bolsheviks’ 1917 political coup caused a seismic disruption in Russian culture. Carried by the first wave of emigrants, Russian culture migrated West, tra
Russians on Russian Music, 1880–1917
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors:
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-08-14 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This second anthology of Russian writing on Russian music begins in 1880 (where the first volume concluded) and ends in 1917. It brings the thoughts of leading
Virtuosi Abroad
Language: en
Pages: 277
Authors: Kiril Tomoff
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-12 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the 1940s and 1950s, Soviet musicians and ensembles were acclaimed across the globe. They toured the world, wowing critics and audiences, projecting an image