The most musical nation
Subtitle: Jews and culture in the late Russian empire
By: James Loeffler.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780300137132
Subjects: Jews -- Russia -- Music -- History and criticism; Jewish musicians -- Russia -- History; Music -- Russia -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Music -- Russia -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Description: At a time of both rising anti-Semitism and burgeoning Jewish nationalism, how and why did Russian music become the gateway to Jewish modernity in music? Loeffler offers a new perspective on the emergence of Russian Jewish culture and identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Emancipating sounds : Anton Rubinstein and the rise of the Russian Jewish musician; title: National voices, imperial echoes : Joel Engel and the Russian Jewish musical fin de siecle; title: The most musical nation : the birth of the society for Jewish folk music; title: Frozen folk songs : modern Jewish culture between art and commerce; title: The neighbors' melodies : the politics of music in war and revolution.