Russia : music and nationalism from Glinka to Stalin /
Marina Frolova-Walker.
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2007.
- 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Challenging what is widely regarded as the distinguishing feature of Russian music - its ineffable 'Russianness' - the author examines the history of Russian music from the premiere of Glinka's opera 'A Life for the Tsar' in 1836 to the death of Stalin in 1953.