Beethoven in Russia

Music and Politics

Frederick W. Skinner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

346 Seiten

2022
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-06305-2 (ISBN)

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How did Ludwig van Beethoven help overthrow a tsarist regime? With the establishment of the Russian Musical Society and its affiliated branches throughout the empire, Beethoven's music reached substantially larger audiences at a time of increasing political instability. In addition, leading music critics of the regime began hearing Beethoven's dramatic works as nothing less than a call to revolution.

Beethoven in Russia deftly explores the interface between music and politics in Russia by examining the reception of Beethoven's works from the late 18th century to the present. In part 1, Frederick W. Skinner's clear and sweeping review examines the role of Beethoven's more dramatic works in the revolutionary struggle that culminated in the Revolution of 1917. In part 2, Skinner reveals how this same power was again harnessed to promote Stalin's campaign of rapid industrialization. The appropriation of Beethoven and his music to serve the interests of the state remained the hallmark of Soviet Beethoven reception until the end of communist rule.

With interdisciplinary appeal in the areas of history, music, literature, and political thought, Beethoven in Russia shows how Beethoven's music served as a call to action for citizens and weaponized state propaganda in the great political struggles that shaped modern Russian history.

Frederick W. Skinner is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Montana. After acquiring expertise in the field of reception history, he developed a new research agenda that allowed him to combine his knowledge of Russian history with his passion for Beethoven's music.

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Prelude: Music in the Tsar's Gulag
Part I: RUSSIA BEFORE 1917
1. Encountering Beethoven: Salon and Concert Hall
2. Engaging Beethoven: Writer and Critic
3. Evaluating Beethoven: From Freude to Freiheit
4. Embracing Beethoven: Concert Hall and Riverbank
Part II: RUSSIA AFTER 1917
5. Beethoven as Revolutionary: Red Star Rising
6. Beethoven as Icon: Cult and Canon
7. Beethoven as Beethoven: The End of Ideology
Postlude: Project Gulag 2010
Tables
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.09.2022
Zusatzinfo	5 Tables, black and white; 42 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	535 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-253-06305-1 / 0253063051
ISBN-13	978-0-253-06305-2 / 9780253063052
Zustand	Neuware