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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 dis
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Pages: 416
Authors: Richard Taruskin
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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This volume gathers 36 essays by one of the leading scholars in the study of Russian music. An extensive introduction lays out the main issues and a justificati
Speech, Memory, and Meaning
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The book pursues a usage-oriented strategy of language description by infusing it with the central concept of post-structural semiotics and literary theory - th
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5
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The book is devoted to Shostakovich's most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin's Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour an
First Nights
Language: en
Pages: 420
Authors: Thomas Forrest Kelly
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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This lively book takes us back to the first performances of five famous musical compositions: Monteverdi's Orfeo in 1607, Handel's Messiah in 1742, Beethoven's