Loeffler, James Benjamin.

The most musical nation Jews and culture in the late Russian empire / [electronic resource] : James Loeffler. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010. - xi, 274 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.

Emancipating sounds : Anton Rubinstein and the rise of the Russian Jewish musician -- National voices, imperial echoes : Joel Engel and the Russian Jewish musical fin de siecle -- The most musical nation : the birth of the Society for Jewish Folk Music -- Frozen folk songs : modern Jewish culture between art and commerce -- The neighbors' melodies : the politics of music in war and revolution.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780300162943 (electronic bk.)




Jews--Music--History and criticism.--Russia
Jewish musicians--History.--Russia
Music--History and criticism.--Russia--19th century
Music--History and criticism.--Russia--20th century


Electronic books.

ML3776 / .L64 2010

780.89/924047