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Author Keazor, Henry

Title Russian Émigré Culture : Conservatism or Evolution?
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (353 pages)
Contents Table of contents; preface; "my love, forgive me this apostasy"; section 1; the participation of russianpre-revolutionary diplomatsin the cultural life of the russianemigration; [what is it that the emigrationengendered?] -andrey bely, viktor shklovskyand 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 exileand music in berlin 1917-1933russian music institutions in berlinin the 1920s; "slavic charm and the soulof tolstoy"; stravinsky's svadebka (1917-1923)as the quintessence of the techniqueof "building blocks"; eurasianism in perspective; musical modernism in the mirrorof the myaskovsky-prokof'evcorrespondence; vanka the housekeeperby nikolay tcherepninand lady macbethby dmitry shostakovich; "i have no country, i have no place"; contemporary émigré composers; abstracts; contributors; index
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 ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Music -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism
Russians -- Foreign countries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Music
Russians -- Foreign countries
Soviet Union
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Marti, Roland
Flamm, Christoph
ISBN 9781443863667
1443863661