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Author Taruskin, Richard.

Title Defining Russia musically : historical and hermeneutical essays / Richard Taruskin
Published Princeton, N.J. ; Chichester : Princeton University Press, 1997

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Description xxxii, 561 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Others: A Mythology and a Demurrer (By Way of Preface) -- Pt. I. Defining Russia Musically (Seven Mini-Essays). 1. N. A. Lvov and the Folk. 2. M. I. Glinka and the State. 3. P. I. Chaikovsky and the Ghetto. 4. Who Am I? (And Who Are You?). 5. Safe Harbors. 6. After Everything. 7. Objectives -- Pt. II. Self and Other. 8. How the Acorn Took Root. 9. "Entoiling the Falconet" 10. Ital'yanshchina -- Pt. III. Hermeneutics of Russian Music: Four Cruxes. 11. Chaikovsky and the Human: A Centennial Essay. 12. Scriabin and the Superhuman: A Millennial Essay. 13. Stravinsky and the Subhuman. 14. Shostakovich and the Inhuman
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Music -- Russia -- History and criticism.
LC no. 96041182
ISBN 0691011567 (cloth : alk. paper)
0691070652