{"product_id":"unpredictable-encounters-reconsidering-russian-music","title":"Unpredictable Encounters Reconsidering Russian Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdited by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/iupress.org\/author\/pauline-fairclough\" class=\"sp__author-link\"\u003ePauline Fairclough\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/iupress.org\/author\/peter-j-schmelz\" class=\"sp__author-link\"\u003ePeter J. Schmelz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic has always been profoundly transnational, transcending language barriers and crossing borders in ways that few other cultural artifacts can. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnpredictable Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e, leading scholars from around the world examine how Russia's musical culture has undergone this process, interrogating its engagement with other cultures from the 19th century to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDedicated to the memory of the late Richard Taruskin, a leading scholar of Russian and East European music,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnpredictable Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econsiders how individuals, organizations, and cultural artifacts crossed seemingly immutable and impenetrable borders. Its contributors address several fundamental questions: about music as an activity operating along complex transnational networks, including what roles composers, performers, critics, and others played in the exchange of musical information; about music's roles in Russia's ongoing sociocultural and sociopolitical development; and, most broadly, about the methodological and ethical implications of studying Russia's engagement with the world—and vice versa—both musical and otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten against the backdrop of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the essays in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnpredictable Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaim to confront Russia's colonial power and assess the effects of these events on the creation, performance, and reception of Russian music and musicians today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hopkins Fulfillment Service","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50749355819294,"sku":"9780253075437","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0248\/3598\/1393\/files\/9780253075437_1.jpg?v=1774989419","url":"https:\/\/juilliardstore.com\/products\/unpredictable-encounters-reconsidering-russian-music","provider":"Juilliard Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}