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Author Sargeant, Lynn M.

Title Harmony and discord : music and the transformation of Russian cultural life / Lynn M. Sargeant
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 354 pages) : illustrations
Series New cultural history of music
New cultural history of music.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Notes on the Text""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 A Far From Silent World: Russian Musical Life before the Great Reforms""; ""CHAPTER 2 Zealots of Culture: The Russian Musical Society, Voluntary Associations, and Cultural Life""; ""CHAPTER 3 The Conservatory in Russian Society: The Institutionalization of Musical Life""; ""CHAPTER 4 Conflicted Identities: The Professionalization of Russian Musical Life""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Geography of Culture: The Expansion of Musical Life in the Provinces""; ""CHAPTER 6 Crisis, Celebration, and the Decline of the Old Cultural Order""
""CHAPTER 7 Conclusion: Everything Old Is New Again""""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
Summary This text explores the development of Russian musical life during the 19th and early 20th centuries. At the heart of this cultural history lies the Russian Musical Society, as both a driving force behind the institutionalization of music and a representative of the growing importance of voluntary associations in public life
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Music -- Social aspects -- Russia
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- International.
Music -- Social aspects
Russia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199780792
019978079X