Anton Rubinstein, a seminal figure in Russian music, was not
only a great pianist but also a monumental influence in Russian
music education. Rubinstein is responsible for laying the
groundwork for Russia's tertiary educational system for the
training of musicians and for establishing the use of Western
structural forms in Russian music. He later became the foundation
director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Detailing Rubinstein's
pianistic and conducting repertoire, this work provides insight
into Russian nineteenth-century performance practice, and the
biography presents a sober assessment of Rubinstein's place in
history. The author has researched valuable Russian sources to make
this assessment of Rubinstein available in English and has provided
informative guidelines for further research.
In attempting to reinstate Rubinstein as an important figure in
the history of Russian and international music, this study makes
available to conductors and musicologists updated information on an
important nineteenth-century music figure and an aspect of Russian
music that has either been forgotten or ignored. Researchers and
scholars will appreciate the annotated thematic catalog that
includes all of Rubinstein's many works for piano, the extensive
repertoire lists, and the extensive bibliography.
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