{"product_id":"five-operas-and-a-symphony-boris-gasparov-9780300106503","title":"Five Operas and a Symphony: Word and Music in Russian Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this eagerly anticipated book, Boris Gasparov gazes through the lens of music to find an unusual perspective on Russian cultural and literary history. He discusses six major works of Russian music from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, showing the interplay of musical texts with their literary and historical sources within the ideological and cultural contexts of their times. Each musical work becomes a tableau representing a moment in Russian history, and together the works form a coherent story of ideological and aesthetic trends as they evolved in Russia from the time of Pushkin to the rise of totalitarianism in the 1930s.\u003cbr\u003eGasparov discusses Glinka's \u003ci\u003eRuslan and Ludmilla (\u003c\/i\u003e1842), Mussorgsky's \u003ci\u003eBoris Godunov (\u003c\/i\u003e1871) and \u003ci\u003eKhovanshchina (\u003c\/i\u003e1881), Tchaikovsky's \u003ci\u003eEugene Onegin (\u003c\/i\u003e1878) and \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Spades (\u003c\/i\u003e1890), and Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony (1934). Offering new interpretations to enhance our understanding and appreciation of these important works, Gasparov also demonstrates how Russian music and cultural history illuminate one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Boris Gasparov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300106505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300106503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.50w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2006 pg. 1024","brand":"Boris Gasparov","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013720879359,"sku":"9780300106503","price":73.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fede5f6-f6cc-4fb2-a700-6425f62bc76c.jpg?v=1767744352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/five-operas-and-a-symphony-boris-gasparov-9780300106503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}