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Anton Rubinstein : a life in music / Philip S. Taylor.

Title: Anton Rubinstein : a life in music / Philip S. Taylor.
Author: Taylor, Philip, 1949-2007
Publication: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007.

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xxv, 340 pages : music; 25 cm.

Summary

This biography of Russian composer-pianist Anton Rubinstein, places him within the context of Russian and western European musical culture during the late 19th century, exploring his rise to international fame from humble origins in Bessarabia, as well as his subsequent rapid decline and marginalisation in later musical culture.

Series Statement

Russian music series

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books
Russian music studies (Bloomington, Ind.)

Subject

Genre/Form

collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies (form)
Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-317) and index.

Contents

Prologue : the historical context -- Return to Russia and first opera, 1848-53 -- Foreign tour, 1854-59 -- The founding of the Russian Music Society and Russia's first conservatory, 1859-67 -- Europe and America concert tour, 1867-73 -- A villa at Peterhof and operatic successes, 1873-85 -- The historical concerts and second term as director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1885-91 -- Dresden, 1891-94.

ISBN

9780253348715
0253348714

LCCN

2006032914

OCLC

72161870
SCSB-9962865

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Harvard Library