A double garland : poetry and art-song in early-nineteenth-century Russia / Thomas P. Hodge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodge, Thomas P.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in Russian literature and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

Russian poetry.

Songs, Russian--History and criticism.

Songs, Russian.

Music and literature.

Physical Description:

xvii, 332 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2000.

Summary:

Thomas P. Hodge has produced the first literary-historical study of the art-song enterprise in Russia's Golden Age. A Double Garland investigates the interrelationship of poetry and music in Russia, specifically the relations between poets and composers, from 1800 to 1850. Hodge focuses on three major composers of art songs. Alyab'ev, Verstovskii, and Glinka. He surveys their choices of text and, after some preliminary metrical and structural analysis, proceeds to a detailed consideration of the dynamics of poet/composer interaction from various points of view. Hodge presents both the major and minor poets of this period in the context of Russian musical life. Based on extensive archival research, this study will appeal to musicologists, specialists in Russian poetry, and the general reader as well.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Embracing Music in Russian Literary History 3

Chapter 2 Art-Song Prosody 24

Chapter 3 Lyrical Themes, National Motifs 66

Chapter 4 Mutatis Mutandis 108

Chapter 5 Friends and Rivals 146

Chapter 6 Quid pro Quo 183

Chapter 7 A Double Garland 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-314) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0810116847

OCLC:

44650774