Wagner and Russia
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Part of Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature
- Author: Rosamund Bartlett, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Date Published: May 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521035828
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Wagner is often held to have exerted a greater impact on modern culture than any other artist, yet the history of the reception of his works in Russia has remained largely unexplored. This book, which draws extensively on unpublished archival materials and other contemporary sources, aims to show that in certain important respects, Wagner's music and ideas found more fertile ground in Russia than anywhere else in Europe. Beginning with the first mention of Wagner's name in the Russian press in 1841, and ending almost 150 years later when the composer was finally rehabilitated during the years of glasnost, this study provides a detailed account of Wagner's visit to Russia in 1863, and a history of the productions of his works in Russia. The book pays special attention to Wagner's important influence on the Russian modernist movement, focusing particularly on his impact on the leading Symbolist writers, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Andrey Bely and Aleksandr Blok.
Read more- A thorough study of Wagner's immense influence on Russian writers, musicians and artists, covering 150 years (1841–1991)
- Contains a history of Wagner productions in Russia and the Soviet Union, based on and illustrated with unpublished archival material
- Contains material on Wagner's biography, the phenomenon of Wagnerism
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'Impressive … well-researched survey of the impact of Wagner in Russia.' BBC Music Magazine
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- Date Published: May 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521035828
- length: 436 pages
- dimensions: 215 x 140 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.566kg
- contains: 27 b/w illus. 10 colour illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes on the text
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Wagner and Nineteenth-Century Russia:
1. Reception and performance history, 1841–1863
2. Reception and performance history, 1863–1890
Part II. Wagner and Russian Modernism:
3. Reception and performance history, 1890–1917
4. Wagner and the Russian Symbolists: Vyacheslav Ivanov
5. Wagner and the Russian Symbolists: Bely, Medtner and Ellis
6. Wagner and the Russian Symbolists: Aleksandr Blok
Part III. Wagner and Soviet Russia:
7. Reception and performance history, 1917–1941
8. Reception and performance history, 1941–1991
Appendices
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.
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