| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 340 pages) : music |
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Russian music series |
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Russian music series
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Russian music studies (Bloomington, Ind.)
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| Contents |
Prologue : the historical context -- Return to Russia and first opera, 1848-53 -- Foreign tour, 1854-59 -- The founding of the Russian Music Society and Russia's first conservatory, 1859-67 -- Europe and America concert tour, 1867-73 -- A villa at Peterhof and operatic successes, 1873-85 -- The historical concerts and second term as director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1885-91 -- Dresden, 1891-94 |
| Summary |
The first modern biography in English of Russian composer-pianist Anton Rubinstein, this book places Rubinstein within the context of Russian and western European musical culture during the late 19th century. It explores his rise to international fame from humble origins in Bessarabia, as well as his subsequent rapid decline and marginalization in later musical culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-317) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894
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| SUBJECT |
Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894 fast |
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Rubinštejn, Anton G. swd |
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Rubinstein -- Anton -- 1829-1894. blmlsh |
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Rubinštejn, Anton G. 1829-1894 gnd |
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Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894. (NL-LeOCL)069970823 nta |
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Composers -- Russia -- Biography
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MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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Composers
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24.50 historical studies of music: general.
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Composers -- Russia -- Biography.
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Composers.
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Russia
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Russia.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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collective biographies.
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Biographies (form)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006032914 |
| ISBN |
9780253116758 |
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0253116759 |
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1282078240 |
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9781282078246 |
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9786612078248 |
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6612078243 |
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