Taruskin’s Defining Russia Musically

"The secular music art came to Russia, whose history began in 1735 for all its intentions and purposes." This is basically the first of the Tarsuskin book "Defining Russian Music" It is a sentence. Recall the establishment of so-called Russia in the context of history and culture. Under the rule of Peter the Great was the only empire declared in the 18th century and he was a person who imposed Western customs on the Russians (literally, men wore beards to resist reform Even killing my son is forbidden).

These great 221 Hoffmann, 'Beethoven's instrumental music, 776' 222 Tarskin, Oxford Western Music History, Vol. 2, along with Goethe through the park in Thee Pitts (Bohemian spa). 223 Goehr, Fictitious Music Work Museum, 208.224 Taruskin, vol. 2, Oxford Western music history, 654.225 km Knittel, "Building Beethoven", Cambridge history XIX - her final publication of animation. (1785-1859) She also announced communication with Goethe. As Knittel wrote, "Beethoven of Bettina looks very real and very friendly, so it is stunning to know that almost all the words she announced are reliable.Three letters received from Beethoven (1810, 1811, 1812), there was only a letter from 1811 in the hands of Beethoven, which showed that she was the author of the other two people.

In an attractive article "Resistance to the 9th", music historian Richard Tarskin points out how some musicians and listeners resist the 9th symphony. I think it's embarrassing. This symphony, Tarskin said, "Among enthusiasts, the work you dislikes is the best, it has been more than a century and a half since. Why has both advantages and innocence Because I can not understand because it is irresistible. "People who respect the ninth symphony may be surprised to hear that some people refused it now or at any time.The message is undoubtedly" sterilized "It has been. It is over-represented in movies and television commercials, it is trivial, and often treated as a musician rather than a humanist. Among the modern audiences, Tarskin thinks it might be difficult to think seriously about that information.