The Most Musical Nation: Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire - Hardcover

Loeffler, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300137133 ISBN 13: 9780300137132

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2010

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Book by Loeffler James

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Críticas:

"Lively and informed."-Benjamin Ivry, The Forward -- Benjamin Ivry The Forward "Excellent."-Adam Kirsch, Tablet Magazine -- Adam Kirsch Tablet Magazine "Fascinating... deserves a readership well beyond the scholarly or musicological."-Simon Wynberg, ARC Ensemble -- Simon Wynberg ARC Ensemble website "A significant contribution to cultural history... beautifully written... a pleasure to read."-Ellen Schiff, JewishTheatre.com -- Ellen Schiff JewishTheatre.com "James Loeffler's stimulating and provocative study contributes creatively to a number of scholarly streams of inquiry."-Alexander Orbach, The Russian Review -- Alexander Orbach The Russian Review "... meticulously researched study ... [a] compelling historical narrative."-Klara Moricz, Slavic Review -- Klara Moricz Slavic Review Finalist for the 2012 Sami Rohr Book Prize for Jewish Literature, as given by the Jewish Book Council. -- Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Jewish Book Council Selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2011 in the Music category. -- Choice Outstanding Academic Title Choice Won the Bela Bartok Award for Outstanding Ethnomusicological Book sponsored by ASCAP -- Bela Bartok Award for Outstanding Ethnomusicological Book American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Honorable Mention from the Association for Jewish Studies, Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the category of Cultural Studies and Media Studies. -- Jordan Schnitzer Association for Jewish Studies Long-listed for the 2012 Historia Nova Prize for the Best Book on Russian Intellectual History sponsored by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation and Academic Studies Press. -- Historia Nova Prize Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation

Reseña del editor:

No image of prerevolutionary Russian Jewish life is more iconic than the fiddler on the roof. But in the half century before 1917, Jewish musicians were actually descending from their shtetl roofs and streaming in dazzling numbers to Russia's new classical conservatories. 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? Drawing on previously unavailable archives, this book offers an insightful new perspective on the emergence of Russian Jewish culture and identity.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0300137133
• ISBN 13: 9780300137132
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256