Print version: Dubinets, Elena Russian Composers Abroad Bloomington : Indiana University Press,c2021 ISBN 9780253057792
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I. National versus Global -- 1. The "Universal": Globalizing the Local -- 2. The National: Super-Icons -- 3. National Identification versus Cultural Affiliation: Non-Russian Composers -- 4. Cultural Affiliation versus Citizenship: Russian Diaspora -- Part II. How To: Perspectives of Music Creation -- 5. The "Social" Perspective -- 6. The "Production" Perspective -- Part III. How They Left -- 7. A Brief History of Russian Diaspora through Music -- 8. "Kolbasa Emigration": A New Cultural Mythology? -- Part IV. How They Stayed -- 9. The Trauma of Migration -- 10. The Many Professions -- 11. Supporters and Connectors -- Part V. How They Returned -- 12. Homecoming and Reception at Home -- 13. Russia under Putin: To Stay or to Go? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
As a Russian emigre herself, Dubinets soberly scrutinizes how, given the multitude of influences inevitably affecting these composers’ creative expressions, critics and listeners are wrong to identify them as simply "Russian."..