TY - BOOK ID - 77879674 TI - Musical cultures in seventeenth-century Russia PY - 2009 SN - 1282392468 9786612392467 0253003474 9780253003478 9781282392465 6612392460 9780253353542 0253353548 PB - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Music KW - Art music KW - Art music, Western KW - Classical music KW - Musical compositions KW - Musical works KW - Serious music KW - Western art music KW - Western music (Western countries) KW - History and criticism. KW - Social aspects KW - History KW - 78.21.2 Moscow KW - 78.25 KW - 78.34.5 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77879674 AB - Claudia R. Jensen presents the first unified study of musical culture in the court and church of Muscovite Russia. Spanning the period from the installation of Patriarch Iov in 1589 to the beginning of Peter the Great's reign in 1694, her book offers detailed accounts of the celebratory musical performances for Russia's first patriarch -- events that were important displays of Russian piety and power. Jensen emphasizes music's varied roles in Muscovite society and the equally varied opinions and influences surrounding it. In an attempt to demystify what has previously been an enigma to Western readers, she paints a clear picture of the dazzling splendor of musical performances and the ways in which 17th-century Muscovites employed music for spiritual enlightenment as well as entertainment. ER -