Russian music and nationalism : from Glinka to Stalin / Marina Frolova-Walker.
| Author/creator |
Frolova-Walker, Marina |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New Haven [CT] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xiv, 402 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Constructing the Russian national character: literature and music -- The Pushkin and Glinka mythologies -- Glinka's three attempts at Russianness -- The beginning and the end of the Russian style -- Nationalism after the Kuchka -- Musical nationalism in Stalin's Soviet Union. |
| Abstract | Challenging what is widely regarded as the distinguishing feature of Russian music--its ineffable "Russianness"--the author examines the history of Russian music from the premiere of Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar in 1836 to the death of Stalin in 1953, the years in which musical nationalism was encouraged and endorsed by the Russian state and its Soviet successor. The author identifies and discusses two central myths that dominated Russian culture during this period--that art revealed the Russian soul, and that this nationalist artistic tradition was founded by Glinka and Pushkin. The author also offers a critical account of how the imperatives of nationalist thought affected individual composers. In this way this book provides a new perspective on the brilliant creativity, innovation, and eventual stagnation within the tradition of Russian nationalist music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-379) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007033565 |
| ISBN | 9780300112733 |
| ISBN | 0300112734 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML300 .F76 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |