History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800, Vol. 1 : From Antiquity to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century

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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. Editors' Introduction to Volume 1 Author's Preface List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction. The Predecessors of the Slavs 2. Pagan Rus' 3. Kievan Rus' 4. Novgorod the Great 5. The Activities of the Skomorokhi in Russia 6. Music and Musical Instruments in Russian Miniatures, Woodcuts, and Glossaries 7. A Survey of Old Russian Folk Instruments 8. Music in Ancient Moscow (Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries) 9. Music in the Monastery. Chashi (Toasts). Bell Ringing. Sacred Performances (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries) 10. Music in Court Life in the Seventeenth Century 11. A Brief Survey of Singers, Composers, and Music Theorists of the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries 12. Music and Theater in the Age of Peter the Great Music Appendix Notes Volume 1 Bibliography