| Russians on Russian Music, 1880-1917: An Anthology Contributor(s): Campbell, Stuart (Editor), Campbell, Stuart (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0521590973 ISBN-13: 9780521590976 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: This anthology of Russian music criticism reveals the reactions of leading critics to new Russian music in the period 1880-1917. Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin were in their prime, and several new generations emerged: Rachmaninoff and Skryabin, Stravinsky and Prokoviev. Works reviewed range from In the Steppes of Central Asia and the Pathetique Symphony to The Golden Cockerel and The Rite of Spring. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Ethnomusicology - Music | Genres & Styles - International - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 780.947 |
| LCCN: 2003273817 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.28" W x 9.4" (1.33 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology of Russian music criticism reveals the reactions of leading critics to new Russian music in the period 1880-1917. Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin were in their prime, and several new generations emerged: Rachmaninoff and Skryabin, Stravinsky and Prokoviev. Works reviewed range from In the Steppes of Central Asia and the Path tique Symphony to The Golden Cockerel and The Rite of Spring. |
Contributor Bio(s): Campbell, Stuart: - Stuart Campbell is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Music and at the Institute for Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow. He is author of V. F. Okoyevsky and the Formation of Russian Musical Taste in the Nineteenth Century (1989) and editor and translator of Russians on Russian Music, 1830 1880 (Cambridge, 1994). |