At a time of both rising anti-Semitism and burgeoning Jewish nationalism, how and why did Russian music become the gateway to Jewish modernity in music? Loeffler offers a new perspective on the emergence of Russian Jewish culture and identity.
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.