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Alexander Serov and the Birth of the Russian Modern (Hardcover)
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Alexander Serov and the Birth of the Russian Modern (Hardcover)
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This is an original scholarly monograph about the life and work of
the Russian composer and critic Alexander Serov (1820-1871),
studied through the lens of his understanding of modernity as it
developed in Russia in the mid nineteenth century. This research
monograph is first full-length biography of Alexander Serov in
English utilizing original records and archive sand the first in
any language since 1985. It will use the life of the
composer/critic as a tool for understanding Russian conceptions and
misconceptions of modernity. An introduction and conclusion will
bracket five chapters defined by major periods in Alex. Serov's
life. Chapter I focuses on his youth and education from 1820 to
1840. Chapter II studies his young adulthood as a judicial
bureaucrat with artistic aspirations, from 1840 to 1850. Chapter
III focuses on Serov's criticism, which he did from his departure
from state service in 1850 until he turned to composition a decade
later. A fourth chapter will examine the remaining 11 years of his
life, from 1860 to 1871, during which he briefly reigned as
Russia's leading composer while still contributing to the national
cultural debate as a critic. The last chapter will present his
legacy and contributions, which are much overlooked by Russian
cultural historians and critics as well as by many Western
researchers, with a view of stating a case for Serov's cultural
importance in the silver age and in the revolutions to come.
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