History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800, Vol. 2 (Russian Music Studies)

This Work Is A Complete Translation Of Nikolai Findeizen's Ocherki Po Istorii Muzyki V Rossii, A Pathbreaking Two-volume Opus Which, In Its Scope And Command Of Primary Sources, And In Its Curiosity And Generosity Of Scholarly Inquiry, Has Remained A Cornerstone For All Subsequent Studies Of Russian Music. Researched And Written Over A Forty-year Period Dating Back To Tsarist Times, Findeizen's Ocherki Was Published In 1928 And 1929 By The Soviet State Publishing House, Close To The Time Of Its Author's Death. Approaching The Study Of The Origins And Development Of Music In Russia Within The Context Of Russian Cultural And Social History, Findeizen Took As His Major Theme The Divergence Between The Music Of Folk And Public Life And Music Connected With The Court. Volume 1 Details The Development Of Musical Culture In Pre-christian And Kievan Rus' And In Novgorod The Great; The Activities Of Russia's First Folk Musicians, The Skomorokhi; The Varieties And Evolution Of Musical Instruments, Especially Old Russian Folk Instruments; Music In Fifteenth- And Sixteenth-century Moscow; Music In The Monastery And In Court Life In The Seventeenth Century; And Music And Theater In The Age Of Peter The Great. Vol. 1. From Antiquity To The Beginning Of The Eighteenth Century. Introduction. The Predecessors Of The Slavs ; Pagan Rus' ; Kievan Rus' ; Novgorod The Great ; The Activities Of The Skomorokhi In Russia ; Music And Musical Instruments In Russian Miniatures, Woodcuts, And Glossaries ; A Survey Of Old Russian Folk Instruments ; Music In Ancient Moscow (fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries) ; Music In The Monastery. Chashi (toasts). Bell Ringing. Sacred Performances (sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries) ; Music In Court Life In The Seventeenth Century ; A Brief Survey Of Singers, Composers, And Music Theorists Of The Sixteenth And Seventeeth Centuries ; Music And Theater In The Age Of Peter The Great -- Vol. 2. The Eighteenth Century. Music And Theater, 1730-1740 ; Music In Court Life During The Reigns Of Elizabeth Petrovna And Catherine Ii ; Music In Russia's Domestic Life During The Second Half Of The Eighteenth Century ; The Russian Horn Band ; Music In Russian Public Life During The Second Half Of The Eighteenth Century ; Musical Creativity In Russia During The Eighteenth Century ; Literature About Music, Publishers And Sellers Of Sheet Music, Instrument Makers And Merchants. Nikolai Findeizen ; Translation By Samuel William Pring ; Edited And Annotated By Miloš Velimirović And Claudia R. Jensen ; With The Assistance Of Malcolm Hamrick Brown And Daniel C. Waugh. Translated From The Russian. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.