Nietzsche's Orphans: Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rebecca MitchellSeries:Eurasia Past and PresentTheme:Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/RussianPublish date:1/5/2016Pages:336
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300208894ISBN-10:0300208898UPC:9780300208894Book Category:History, MusicBook Subcategory:Russia, History & Criticism, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.40 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.636Product ID:SCDX0MQP3A
A prevailing belief among Russia's cultural elite in the early twentieth century was that the music of composers such as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Aleksandr Scriabin, and Nikolai Medtner could forge a shared identity for the Russian people across social and economic divides. In this illuminating study of competing artistic and ideological visions at the close of Russia's "Silver Age," author Rebecca Mitchell interweaves cultural history, music, and philosophy to explore how "Nietzsche's orphans" strove to find in music a means to overcome the disunity of modern life in the final tumultuous years before World War I and the Communist Revolution.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300208894ISBN-10:0300208898UPC:9780300208894Book Category:History, MusicBook Subcategory:Russia, History & Criticism, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.40 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.636Product ID:SCDX0MQP3A
Rebecca Mitchell is assistant professor of history at Middlebury College. She lives in Vermont.
Publisher: Yale University Press
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