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- On Russian Music
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
Over the past four decades, Richard Taruskin's publications have redefined the field of Russian-music study. This volume gathers thirty-six essays on composers ranging from Bortnyansky in the eighteenth century to Tarnopolsky in the twenty-first, as well as all of the famous names in between. Some of these pieces, like the ones on Chaikovsky's alleged suicide and on the interpretation of Shostakovich's legacy, have won fame in their own right as decisive contributions to some of the most significant debates in contemporary musicology. An extensive introduction lays out the main issues and a justification of Taruskin's approach, seen both in the light of his intellectual development and in that of the changing intellectual environment, which has been particularly marked by the end of the cold war in Europe.
Table of Contents
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- 3. "Classicism” à la Russe
- pp. 58-62
- 4. A Wonderful Beginning
- pp. 63-69
- 5. Dargomïzhsky and His Stone Guest
- pp. 70-75
- 8. The Great Symbolist Opera
- pp. 114-124
- 9. Chaikovsky as Symphonist
- pp. 125-139
- 10. Russian Originals, De- and Re-Edited
- pp. 139-150
- 11. A New, New Boris?
- pp. 151-155
- 13. The Case for Rimsky-Korsakov
- pp. 166-178
- 14. Kitezh: Religious Art of an Atheist
- pp. 179-183
- 15. Sex and Race, Russian Style
- pp. 184-189
- 18. From Fairy Tale to Opera in Four Moves
- pp. 214-222
- 20. Prokofieff's Return
- pp. 233-245
- 22. Great Artists Serving Stalin Like a Dog
- pp. 270-276
- 24. The Last Symphony?
- pp. 283-287
- 26. Restoring Comrade Roslavets
- pp. 294-298
- 27. When Serious Music Mattered
- pp. 299-321
- 30. Five Operas and a Symphony
- pp. 334-339
- 31. Hearing Cycles
- pp. 340-356
- 32. Of Mice and Mendelssohn
- pp. 357-365
- 36. North (Europe) by Northwest (America)
- pp. 386-392
- Production Notes
- p. 417
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520942806
Related ISBN(s)
9780520249790
MARC Record
OCLC
777474614
Pages
416
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No