Defining Russia musically : historical and hermeneutical essays /

Taruskin, Richard.

Defining Russia musically : historical and hermeneutical essays / Richard Taruskin. - Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2000. - xxxii, 561 p. : ill., facsim., music ; 24 cm.

Originally published: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this text, musicologist Richard Taruskin uses music, together with history and politics, to illustrate the many ways in which Russian national identity has been constructed, both from within Russia and from the Western perspective.

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Music--History and criticism.--Russia

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