Networking the Russian Diaspora
Russian Musicians and Musical Activities in Interwar Shanghai
by Hon-Lun Helan Yang, Simo Mikkonen, and John Winzenburg
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Networking the Russian Diaspora is a fascinating and timely study of interwar Shanghai. Aside from the vacated Orthodox Church in the former French Concession where most Russian émigrés resided, Shanghai today displays few signs of the bustling settlement of those years. Russian musicians established the first opera company in China, as well as choirs, bands, and ensembles, to play for their own and other communities. Russian musicians were the core of Shanghai’s lauded Municipal Orchestra and taught at China’s first conservatory. Two Russian émigré composers in particular—Alexander Tcherepnin and Aaron Avshalomov—experimented with incorporating Chinese elements into their compositions as harbingers of intercultural music that has become a well-recognized trend in composition since the late twentieth century. The Russian musical scene in Shanghai was the embodiment of musical cosmopolitanism, anticipating the hybrid nature of twenty-first-century music arising from cultural contacts through migration, globalization, and technological advancement. As a pioneering study of the Russian community, Networking the Russian Diaspora examines its musical activities and influence in Shanghai. While the focus of the book is on music, it also gives insight into the social dynamics between Russians and other Europeans on the one hand, and with the Chinese on the other. The volume, coauthored by Chinese music specialists, makes a significant contribution to studies of diaspora, cultural identity, and migration by casting light on a little-studied area of Sino-Russian cultural relations and Russian influence in modern China. The discoveries stretch the boundaries of music studies by addressing the relational aspects of Western music: how it has articulated national and cultural identities but also served to connect people of different origins and cultural backgrounds. |
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Author Biography
Hon-Lun Helan Yang (Author) Hon-Lun Helan Yang is professor of music at Hong Kong Baptist University. Simo Mikkonen (Author) Simo Mikkonen is senior researcher in the Department of History and Ethnology at the University of Jyväskylä. John Winzenburg (Author) John Winzenburg is professor of music at Hong Kong Baptist University. |
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- Publisher University of Hawaii Press
- Publication Date September 2020
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780824879662
- Publication Country or regionWorldwide
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 68 USD
- Pages286
- ReadershipPrimary and Secondary Education
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Copyright Year2020
- Page size6 x 9 (6 x 9) inches
- Illustration28 b&w illustrations
- SeriesMusic and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific
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