Not Russian enough? : nationalism and cosmopolitanism in nineteenth-century Russian opera /

In the nineteenth century, Russian composers and critics were encouraged to cultivate a national style to distinguish their music from the dominant Italian, French, and German traditions. Not Russian Enough? explores this aspiration for a nationalist musical tradition as it was carried out in the co...

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Main Author: Helmers, Rutger, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, [2014]
Series:Eastman studies in music ; v. 119.
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Table of Contents:
  • A life for the Tsar and bel canto opera
  • Subject matter, local color, and national style in Judith
  • French theatricality and inadvertent Russianisms in the Maid of Orléans
  • The Tsar's bride and the dilemma of history.