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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795116103321

Autore

Dubinet︠s︡ Elena Aleksandrovna <1969->

Titolo

Russian composers abroad : how they left, stayed, returned / / Elena Dubinets

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

9780253057808

0253057809

9780253057792 (electronic bk.)

9780253057785

9780253057778

0253057779

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 pages)

Collana

Russian music studies (Bloomington, Ind.)

Disciplina

780.922

Soggetti

Composers - Soviet Union

Composers - Russia (Federation)

Composers

Soviet Union

Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I : National versus global. The "universal" : Globalizing the local ; The national : Super-icons ; National identification versus cultural affiliation : Non-Russian composers ; Cultural affililtation versus citizenship : Russian diaspora -- Part II : How to : Perspectives of music creation. The "social" perspective ; The "production" perspective -- Part III : How they left. A brief history of Russian diaspora through music ; "Kolbasa" emigration" : A new cultural mythology? -- Part IV : How they stayed. The trauma of migration ; The many professions ; Supporters and connectors -- Part V : How they returned. Homecoming and reception at home ; Russian under Putin : To stay or to go? ; Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"As waves of composers migrated from Russia in the 20th century, they



grappled with the complex struggle between their own traditions and those of their adopted homes. Russian Composers Abroad explores the self-identity of these emigres, especially those who left from the 1970s on, and how aspects of their diasporic identities played out in their music. Elena Dubinets provides a journey through the complexities of identity formation and cultural production under globalization and migration, elucidating sociological perspectives of the post-Soviet world that have caused changes in composers' outlooks, strategies, and rankings. Russian Composers Abroad is an illuminating study of creative ideas that are often shaped by the exigencies of financing and advancement rather than just by the vision of the creators and the demands of the public"--

As a Russian emigre herself, Dubinets soberly scrutinizes how, given the multitude of influences inevitably affecting these composers' creative expressions, critics and listeners are wrong to identify them as simply ""Russian.""