Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 online resource (xi, 274 p.) : ill.

Uniform title

1. Most musical nation (Online)

Alternative title

1. Most musical nation (Online)

Subject

1. Jews > Russia > Music > History and criticism
2. Jewish musicians > Russia > History
3. Music > Russia > 19th century > History and criticism
4. Music > Russia > 20th century > History and criticism

Contents

1. Emancipating sounds : Anton Rubinstein and the rise of the Russian Jewish musician -- National voices, imperial echoes : Joel Engel and the Russian Jewish musical fin de siècle -- The most musical nation : the birth of the Society for Jewish Folk Music -- Frozen folk songs : modern Jewish culture between art and commerce -- The neighbors' melodies : the politics of music in war and revolution.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Loeffler, James Benjamin.

Title

1. The most musical nation [electronic resource] : Jews and culture in the late Russian empire / James Loeffler.

Imprint

1. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2009046398