Virtuosi Abroad : : Soviet Music and Imperial Competition during the Early Cold War, 1945-1958 /

Virtuosi Abroad : : Soviet Music and Imperial Competition during the Early Cold War, 1945-1958 / / Kiril Tomoff.

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In the 1940s and 1950s, Soviet musicians and ensembles were acclaimed across the globe. They toured the world, wowing critics and audiences, projecting an image of the USSR as a sophisticated promoter of cultural and artistic excellence. In Virtuosi Abroad, Kiril Tomoff focuses on music and the Sovi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Tomoff, Kiril,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 1 table
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Shostakovich and The Iron Curtain: Intellectual Property and Transimperial Integration
  • 2. Dueling Pianos: Imperial and National Dynamics in Postwar Music Competitions
  • 3. From a Musical Holiday to the Tchaikovsky Competition: Moscow as a Global Center of Musical Culture
  • 4. Oistrakh on Tour, Richter at Home: Display, Control, and the Style of Global Empire
  • 5. Oistrakh and the Impresario: Soviet Concert Tours and Systemic Integration
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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