Textological Aspects of Musicology in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Author: Tatyana Naumenko
Publisher: Litres
Published: 2021-01-18
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ISBN-13: 504108422X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this monograph, Tatyana Naumenko, Doctor of Arts and a professor at Moscow’s Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, looks at modern Russian musicology through the prism of texts representing it. She mentions subjects addressed in musicological studies, names genres of music that scholars preference to explore, and describes modern methods of research and criteria of assessment, largely with the aim of overcoming Soviet-era dogmatism. Special consideration is given to the writing of academic degree dissertations on music in the former Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia. The Annex lists dissertations approved between 1970 and 2013.