| Five Operas and a Symphony: Word and Music in Russian Culture Contributor(s): Gasparov, Boris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300106505 ISBN-13: 9780300106503 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $72.27 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: In this eagerly anticipated book, Boris Gasparov gazes through the lens of music to find an unusual perspective on Russian cultural and literary history. He discusses six major works of Russian music from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, showing the interplay of musical texts with their literary and historical sources within the ideological and cultural contexts of their times. Each musical work becomes a tableau representing a moment in Russian history, and together the works form a coherent story of ideological and aesthetic trends as they evolved in Russia from the time of Pushkin to the rise of totalitarianism in the 1930s. Gasparov discusses Glinka's "Ruslan and Ludmilla ("1842), Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov ("1871) and "Khovanshchina ("1881), Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin ("1878) and "The Queen of Spades ("1890), and Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony (1934). Offering new interpretations to enhance our understanding and appreciation of these important works, Gasparov also demonstrates how Russian music and cultural history illuminate one another. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - International - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera |
| Dewey: 780.947 |
| LCCN: 2005042601 |
| Series: Russian Literature and Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (1.27 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this eagerly anticipated book, Boris Gasparov gazes through the lens of music to find an unusual perspective on Russian cultural and literary history. He discusses six major works of Russian music from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, showing the interplay of musical texts with their literary and historical sources within the ideological and cultural contexts of their times. Each musical work becomes a tableau representing a moment in Russian history, and together the works form a coherent story of ideological and aesthetic trends as they evolved in Russia from the time of Pushkin to the rise of totalitarianism in the 1930s. |