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Chaliapin and the Jews : the question of Chaliapin's purported antisemitism

Title: Chaliapin and the Jews : the question of Chaliapin's purported antisemitism / Joseph Darsky.
Author: Darskiĭ, Iosif.
Publication: Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2017.

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Description

xix, 285 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"After publishing two previous books on Feodor Chaliapin with Nova Science Publishers, Tsar Feodor: Chaliapin in America (2012) and Sex and the Singer: Women in Feodor Chaliapin's Life (2014), the current work of Darsky concludes his research trilogy about one of the world's greatest operatic stars; however, this time he examines the life and work of the singer from a completely unexpected angle. In multiple Russian/Soviet publications, including recollections and critical biographies about Feodor Chaliapin, not a single word accusing him of antisemitism can be found, although such rumors have never stopped circulating. Meanwhile, some predominantly American authors put such accusations in writing while failing to provide any references. Such allegations have been vehemently rejected by Chaliapin's children in their memoirs and during interviews with the author of this book, stating that several Jews were among Chaliapin's closest friends and that during his entire life he had helped many others"--

Series Statement

Fine arts, music and literature

Uniform Title

Fine arts, music and literature.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.

Contents

Part One. Quasi-Statistical. Chapter 1. Jews in Chaliapin's Childhood -- Chapter 2. Chaliapin and his Jewish Impresarios -- Chapter 3. Singing with the Jews -- Chapter 4. Working with "Non-Singing" Jews -- Chapter 5. Bonds with Jewish and Russian Painters and Sculptors -- Chapter 6. Bonds with Russian and Jewish Literati -- Chapter 7. Bonds with Jewish Musicians -- Chapter 8. Chaliapin and his Jewish Accompanists -- Chapter 9. Other Jewish Connections -- Part Two. Judeophilia? Chapter 10. "Dear Isaychik -- My Gray Bunny!" -- Chapter 11. Chaliapin and Mikhail Volkenstein -- Chapter 12. Chaliapin the Zionist.

Call Number

JFE 18-7686

ISBN

9781536123685
1536123684

LCCN

2017958586

OCLC

1004359151

Author

Darskiĭ, Iosif.

Title

Chaliapin and the Jews : the question of Chaliapin's purported antisemitism / Joseph Darsky.

Publisher

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Fine arts, music and literature

Fine arts, music and literature.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-7686

JME 18-146

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