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Galina Kopytova is a scholar and archivist specializing in the history of Russian musical culture. She heads the Office of Manuscripts of the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts in Saint Petersburg and is author of
The Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg-Petrograd (in Russian) and coauthor of
From the History of Jewish Music in Russia (in Russian).
Translator Alexandra Sarlo has studied and conducted research in Russia, Slovakia, Serbia, and Ukraine.
Translator Dario Sarlo worked as a researcher on the documentary
Jascha Heifetz: God¿s Fiddler by Peter Rosen Productions. He is a musicologist, violinist, and writer for
The Strad.
Sommario
Author's Preface
Editors' Introduction
Foreign Words List
List of Abbreviations
1. Early Roots of the Heifetz Family
2. 1901-1906: Vilnius
3. 1906-1909: Music School
4. 1910: St. Petersburg Conservatory and Nalbandian
5. First Performances in St. Petersburg
6. Summer 1911: Concerts in Pavlovsk and Odessa
7. Fall 1911: In the Class of Professor Auer
8. The Beginning of 1912
9. 1912: First Trip to Germany
10. 1912: A German Tour
11. The Beginning of 1913
12. Summer-Fall 1913: Loschwitz
13. Winter 1913-1914: Bar Mitzvah
14. Spring 1914
15. Summer-Fall 1914: War
16. January-September 1915
17. The End of 1915
18. The First Half of 1916
19. The Second Half of 1916: Norway and Denmark
20. The First Half of 1917: February Revolution
21. Summer 1917: Departure for America
Appendix 1: Reviews of Jascha Heifetz's Debut at Carnegie Hall, October 27, 1917
Appendix 2: Jascha Heifetz's Repertoire in Russia
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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Galina Kopytova is a scholar and archivist specializing in the history of Russian musical culture. She heads the Office of Manuscripts of the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts in Saint Petersburg and is author of The Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg-Petrograd (in Russian) and coauthor of From the History of Jewish Music in Russia (in Russian).
Translator Alexandra Sarlo has studied and conducted research in Russia, Slovakia, Serbia, and Ukraine.
Translator Dario Sarlo worked as a researcher on the documentary Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler by Peter Rosen Productions. He is a musicologist, violinist, and writer for The Strad.
Riassunto
Underscores the lives of artists in Russia's "Silver Age" - an explosion of artistic activity amid the rapid social and political changes of the early 20th century.
