This new collection views Russian music through the Greek triad of “the Good, the True, and the Beautiful,” to investigate how the idea of ‘nation’ embeds itself in the public discourse abou
This new collection views Russian music through the Greek triad of “the Good, the True, and the Beautiful,” to investigate how the idea of ‘nation’ embeds itself in the public discourse abou
This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor of a European cosmopolitanism. Richard Ta
This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor of a European cosmopolitanism. Richar
The Danger of Music gathers some two decades of Richard Taruskin's writing on the arts and politics, ranging in approach from occasional pieces for major newspapers such as the New York Times to full-
Over the past four decades, Richard Taruskin's publications have redefined the field of Russian-music study. This volume gathers thirty-six essays on composers ranging from Bortnyansky in the eighteen
