Russian Music and Nationalism: From Glinka to Stalin

by Marina Frolova-Walker

Book Overview

Challenging what is widely regarded as the distinguishing feature of Russian music--its ineffable "Russianness"--Marina Frolova-Walker examines the history of Russian music from the premiere of Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar in 1836 to the death of Stalin in 1953, the years in which musical nationalism was encouraged and endorsed by the Russian state and its Soviet successor.

The author identifies and discusses two central myths...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300246455
• ISBN13: 9780300246452
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"