Introduction Taking It Personally

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction Taking It Personally 1
4. 1. Some Thoughts On The History And Historiography Of Russian Music 27
5. 2. For Ukraine, He’S A Native Son, Regardless 53
6. 3. “Classicism” À La Russe 58
7. 4. A Wonderful Beginning 63
8. 5. Dargomïzhsky And His Stone Guest 70
9. 6. Pathetic Symphonist Chaikovsky, Russia, Sexuality, And The Study Of Music 76
10. 7. Chaikovsky And The Literary Folk A Study In Misplaced Derision 105
11. 8. The Great Symbolist Opera 114
12. 9. Chaikovsky As Symphonist 125
13. 10. Russian Originals, De- And Re-Edited 139
14. 11. A New, New Boris? 151
15. 12. Christian Themes In Russian Opera A Millennial Essay 156
16. 13. The Case For Rimsky-Korsakov 166
17. 14. Kitezh Religious Art Of An Atheist 179
18. 15. Sex And Race, Russian Style 184
19. 16. Yevreyi And Zhidy A Memoir, A Survey, And A Plea 190
20. 17. The Antiliterary Man Diaghilev And Music 202
21. 18. From Fairy Tale To Opera In Four Moves 214
22. 19. To Cross That Sacred Edge Notes On A Fiery Angel 223
23. 20. Prokofieff’S Return 233
24. 21. Tone, Style, And Form In Prokofieff’S Soviet Operas 246
25. 22. Great Artists Serving Stalin Like A Dog 270
26. 23. Stalin Lives On In The Concert Hall, But Why? 277
27. 24. The Last Symphony? 283
28. 25. For Russian Music Mavens, A Fabled Beast Is Bagged 288
29. 26. Restoring Comrade Roslavets 294
30. 27. When Serious Music Mattered 299
31. 28. Casting A Great Composer As A Fictional Hero 322
32. 29. Shostakovich’S Bach A Pill To Purge Stalinism 329
33. 30. Five Operas And A Symphony 334
34. 31. Hearing Cycles 340
35. 32. Of Mice And Mendelssohn 357
36. 33. Current Chronicle Molchanov’S The Dawns Are Quiet Here 366
37. 34. The Rising Soviet Mists Yield Up Another Voice 376
38. 35. Where Is Russia’S New Music? Iowa, That’S Where 380
39. 36. North (Europe) By Northwest (America) 386
40. Index 393