THREE The Medtner Brothers: Orpheus in an Age of Nationalism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Note on Transliteration and Usage xiii
5. Introduction: In Search of Unity 1
6. ONE Musical Metaphysics in Late Imperial Russia 25
7. TWO Aleksandr Scriabin: Music and Salvation 61
8. THREE The Medtner Brothers: Orpheus in an Age of Nationalism 104
9. FOUR Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Unwilling Orpheus 137
10. FIVE Musical Metaphysics in War and Revolution 165
11. Epilogue: Reverberations 207
12. Glossary of Names 227
13. Notes 235
14. Bibliography 291
15. Index 313