History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800, Vol. 1
- Author: Findeizen, Nikolai
- Editor: Jensen, Claudia
- Editor: Velimirovic, Milos
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$75.50Contents
- 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
