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Alexander Serov and the Birth of the Russian Modern (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Alexander Serov and the Birth of the Russian Modern (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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When did Russia become "modern?" Historians of Russia - including
even many Russian historians - have long tried to identify Russia's
"modern" moment. While most scholars have looked to economic or
ideological transitions, noted historian and critic Paul du Quenoy
approaches the problem through culture, and specifically the
performing arts, as told through the prism of one of its leading
nineteenth-century practitioners, the composer and critic Alexander
Serov. Born in 1820, Serov grew to adulthood under the reign of
Tsar Nicholas I (1825-1855). Long disparaged as a dark and
reactionary period of Russia's past, it instead offered many
educational, cultural, and professional opportunities that
conventional histories have failed to appreciate. Educated in law
and tutored in music, Serov rose to become Russia's first
significant music critic and a noted composer whose three operas
won him fame and gestured toward the creation of a national style.
Although his renown was fleeting after his untimely death in 1871,
his life and observations provide a vital eyewitness account to a
Russia poised to embrace a fresh and fully modern identity. In a
new and revised edition prepared to mark the 150th anniversary of
Serov's death, du Quenoy's pastiche of Russian life offers one of
the best approaches to Russia's imperial past and its legacies
today.
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