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Russian Folk Songs: Musical Genres and History
Vadim Prokhorov
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Description for Russian Folk Songs: Musical Genres and History
Hardback. This historical survey of the Russian folk musical tradition provides educators with authentic material for integration into practical work, a classificational survey, and discussion of musical genres and categories relating the folk songs to their social and historical contexts. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
"Russian folk songs are a living history of the Russian people, rich, vivid and truthful, revealing their entire life," wrote the great Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. Russian folk songs have always played an essential part in Russian life, culture, and music. They have played an important part in the work of many great Russian composers including Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Prokoviev, and Stravinsky. In this new study, Vadim Prokhorov provides a historical survey and a description of the musical and poetic characteristics of Russian folk song. The songs themselves are classified into several categories: calendar songs, lyric songs, ... Read more
"Russian folk songs are a living history of the Russian people, rich, vivid and truthful, revealing their entire life," wrote the great Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. Russian folk songs have always played an essential part in Russian life, culture, and music. They have played an important part in the work of many great Russian composers including Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Prokoviev, and Stravinsky. In this new study, Vadim Prokhorov provides a historical survey and a description of the musical and poetic characteristics of Russian folk song. The songs themselves are classified into several categories: calendar songs, lyric songs, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810841277
SKU
V9780810841277
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About Vadim Prokhorov
Vadim Prokhorov is a composer, concert pianist and choral conductor. He is the author of twenty-two articles on classical music in the Encyclopedia Americana, for which he works as a contributing editor. He is also an editor for Musica Russica, Inc.
Reviews for Russian Folk Songs: Musical Genres and History
Russian Folk Songs: Musical Genres and History by composer, concert pianist and choral conductor Vadim Prokhorov...is a scholarly, college-level analysis written to introduce educators in particular to the diversity and rich cultural lore of Russian folk music. The history of Russian folk songs are discussed at length, as well as detailed musical analysis, and sample songs in full musical notation, ... Read more