This new collection views Russian music through the Greek triad of
"the Good, the True, and the Beautiful" to investigate how the idea
of "nation" embeds itself in the public discourse about music and
other arts with results at times invigorating, at times corrupting.
In our divided, post-Cold War, and now post-9/11 world, Russian
music, formerly a quiet corner on the margins of musicology, has
become a site of noisy contention. Richard Taruskin assesses the
political and cultural stakes that attach to it in the era of Pussy
Riot and renewed international tensions, before turning to
individual cases from the nineteenth century to the present. Much
of the volume is devoted to the resolutely cosmopolitan but
inveterately Russian Igor Stravinsky, one of the major forces in
the music of the twentieth century and subject of particular
interest to composers and music theorists all over the world.
Taruskin here revisits him for the first time since the 1990s, when
everything changed for Russia and its cultural products. Other
essays are devoted to the cultural and social policies of the
Soviet Union and their effect on the music produced there as those
policies swung away from Communist internationalism to traditional
Russian nationalism; to the musicians of the Russian
postrevolutionary diaspora; and to the tension between the
compelling artistic quality of works such as Stravinsky's Sacre du
Printemps or Prokofieff's Zdravitsa and the antihumanistic or
totalitarian messages they convey. Russian Music at Home and Abroad
addresses these concerns in a personal and critical way,
characteristically demonstrating Taruskin's authority and ability
to bring living history out of the shadows.
General
Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2016 |
First published: |
2016 |
Authors: |
Richard Taruskin
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
560 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-28809-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Music >
General
Books >
Music >
General
|
LSN: |
0-520-28809-2 |
Barcode: |
9780520288096 |
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