Russian émigré culture : conservatism or evolution? / edited by Christoph Flamm, Henry Keazor and Roland Marti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flamm, Christoph, editor.

Keazor, Henry, editor.

Marti, Roland, 1953- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Soviet Union--History and criticism.

Music.

Russians--Foreign countries.

Russians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A quarter of a century ago, glasnost opened the door for a new look at Russian émigré culture unimpeded by the sterile concepts of Cold War cultural politics. Easier access to archives and a comprehensive approach to culture as a multi-faceted phenomenon, not restricted to single phenomena or individuals, have since contributed to a better understanding of the processes within the émigré community, of its links with the lost home country, and of the interaction with the cultural life of the c...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; "MY LOVE, FORGIVE ME THIS APOSTASY"; SECTION 1; THE PARTICIPATION OF RUSSIAN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY DIPLOMATS IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE RUSSIAN EMIGRATION; [WHAT IS IT THAT THE EMIGRATION ENGENDERED?] -ANDREY BELY, VIKTOR SHKLOVSKY AND ALEKSEY TOLSTOY IN 'RUSSIAN BERLIN'1921-1923; UN ENFANT PRODIGE; SECTION 2; WHAT IS ARTISTIC FORM?MUNICH - MOSCOW 1900-1925; EL LISSITZKY, HIS BEAT THE WHITESWITH THE RED WEDGEAND THEIR JEWISH INSPIRATIONS; RUSSIAN ÉMIGRÉ ARTISTS IN SERBIA(1920-1950); IDENTITY-SHOCK; SECTION 3

RUSSIAN COLLECTIVE IDENTITY IN EXILE AND MUSIC IN BERLIN 1917-1933 RUSSIAN MUSIC INSTITUTIONS IN BERLIN IN THE 1920's; "SLAVIC CHARM AND THE SOUL OF TOLSTOY"; STRAVINSKY'S SVADEBKA (1917-1923)AS THE QUINTESSENCE OF THE TECHNIQUE OF "BUILDING BLOCKS"; EURASIANISM IN PERSPECTIVE; MUSICAL MODERNISM IN THE MIRROR OF THE MYASKOVSKY-PROKOF'EV CORRESPONDENCE; VANKA THE HOUSEKEEPER BY NIKOLAY TCHEREPNIN AND LADY MACBETH BY DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH; "I HAVE NO COUNTRY, I HAVE NO PLACE"; CONTEMPORARY ÉMIGRÉ COMPOSERS; ABSTRACTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6366-1

OCLC:

883571114