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245 10 a| Russian opera and the symbolist movement / Simon Morrisonh| [electronic resource].;

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260 a| Oakland, California :b| University of California Press,c| [2019];

300 a| xi, 312 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 24 cm;

500 a| "The first edition of this book appeared as volume 2 in the series California Studies in 20th-Century Music.";

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Decadence : Tchaikovsky at the edge -- Interlude : Symbolism's Nutcracker -- Syncretism : Rimsky-Korsakov and Belsky -- Interlude : Klara Milich -- Theurgy : Scriabin and the impossible -- Interlude : another church musician writes an opera -- Mimesis : Prokofiev's demons -- Conclusion.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Acclaimed for treading new ground in operatic studies of the period, Simon Morrison's influential and now-classic text explores music and the occult during the Russian Symbolist movement. Including previously unavailable archival materials about Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, this wholly revised edition is both up to date and revelatory. Topics range from decadence to pantheism, musical devilry to narcotic-infused evocations of heaven, the influence of Wagner, and the significance of contemporaneous Russian literature. Symbolism tested boundaries and reached for extremes so as to imagine art uniting people, facilitating communion with nature, and ultimately transcending reality. Within this framework, Morrison examines four lesser-known works by canonical composers--Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Scriabin, and Sergey Prokofiev--and in this new edition also considers Alexandre Gretchaninoff's Sister Beatrice and Alexander Kastalsky's Klara Milich, while also making the case for reviving Vladimir Rebikov's The Christmas Tree"--Provided by publisher.;

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Russian opera and the symbolist movement / Simon Morrison

Author/creator	Morrison, Simon, 1964-
Format	Electronic
Edition	Second edition.
Publication Info	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Description	xi, 312 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Opera--Russia (Federation). --20th century. Symbolism (Literary movement)--Russia (Federation). --History. --20th century.

Contents	Introduction -- Decadence : Tchaikovsky at the edge -- Interlude : Symbolism's Nutcracker -- Syncretism : Rimsky-Korsakov and Belsky -- Interlude : Klara Milich -- Theurgy : Scriabin and the impossible -- Interlude : another church musician writes an opera -- Mimesis : Prokofiev's demons -- Conclusion.
Abstract	"Acclaimed for treading new ground in operatic studies of the period, Simon Morrison's influential and now-classic text explores music and the occult during the Russian Symbolist movement. Including previously unavailable archival materials about Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, this wholly revised edition is both up to date and revelatory. Topics range from decadence to pantheism, musical devilry to narcotic-infused evocations of heaven, the influence of Wagner, and the significance of contemporaneous Russian literature. Symbolism tested boundaries and reached for extremes so as to imagine art uniting people, facilitating communion with nature, and ultimately transcending reality. Within this framework, Morrison examines four lesser-known works by canonical composers--Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Scriabin, and Sergey Prokofiev--and in this new edition also considers Alexandre Gretchaninoff's Sister Beatrice and Alexander Kastalsky's Klara Milich, while also making the case for reviving Vladimir Rebikov's The Christmas Tree"--Provided by publisher.
General note	"The first edition of this book appeared as volume 2 in the series California Studies in 20th-Century Music."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019016566
ISBN	9780520305465 (cloth : alk. paper)

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