Intersections and transpositions : Russian music, literature, and society / edited and with an introduction by Andrew Baruch Wachtel.
| Other author | Wachtel, Andrew, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Evanston, IL : Northwestern University Press, 1998. |
| Description | xvi, 301 pages : portraits, music ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Russian music, literature, and society |
| Series | Studies in Russian literature and theory Studies in Russian literature and theory. ^A353396 |
| Contents | Introduction / Andrew Baruch Wachtel -- Susanin, two Glinkas, and Ryleev: history-making in A Life for the Tsar / Thomas P. Hodge -- The Boris plot on stage: Karamzin, Pushkin, and Musorgsky as historical thinkers / Caryl Emerson -- Epic melodies: an examination of folk motifs in the text and music of Prince Igor / Jennifer Fuller -- Sonata form in Chekhov's "The black monk" / Rosamund Bartlett -- The Golden Cockerel between realism and modernism / Justin Weir -- Russian expressionism at the opera: Prokofiev's The Gambler / Alexander Burry -- Interview with "The Nose": Shostakovich's adaptation of Gogol / James Morgan -- Music and poetry: the case of Shostakovich and Blok / Tim Langen and Jesse Langen -- Temporal counterpoint as a principle of formation in Doctor Zhivago / Boris Gasparov -- The domestic muse: music at home in the twilight of serfdom / Richard Stites -- Signora Melas, or an Italian soprano in Russia / Ilya Vinitsky -- Her final debut: the Kadmina legend in Russian literature / Julie Buckler -- Assigning meaning to "Musical speech": the theories of Boleslav Iavorsky in the cultural revolution / Amy Nelson -- On the peculiarities of Soviet rock and roll / Nicholas Glossop. |
| Abstract | This collection serves as an introduction to the great variety of approaches being used by Slavicists and historians to situate music and literature in the Russian cultural imagination. Part I focuses on music in art. The nine essays in this section explore the complex interaction of literary and musical texts in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Contributors discuss such writers as Pushkin, Chekhov, and Pasternak, and composers including Musorgsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Blok. Part II centers on music in life. Its five essays address music as a cultural form, as presented and enjoyed in the home, the theater, and the opera house. This book provides a unique window on The musical, literary, and social interactions that have been typical of modern Russian culture. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 98005718 |
| ISBN | 0810115808 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3849 .I6 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |