A Musical Portrait of Russia in a Dialogue of Cultures. A Review of the Book: Music from Abroad about Russia (Musical Rossica): Collective Monograph

Abstract

The review is devoted to the collective monograph Zarubezhnaya muzyka o Rossii (muzykal'naya rossika) [Music from Abroad about Russia (Musical Rossica)] (St. Petersburg: Soyuz khudozhnikov, 2023. 324 p. ISBN 978-5-8128-0367-4), the editor-compiler, as well as one of the authors of which was Dr.Sci. (Arts), Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Music Content of the Astrakhan Conservatory Liudmila Pavlovna Kazantseva. This research work is the result of the combined efforts of the representatives of Kazantseva’s academic school, as well as her colleagues from Russia and other countries, namely, musicologists from Astrakhan, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Petrozavodsk, Rostov-on-Don, St. Petersburg, as well as Northern Ireland, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Belarus, and Ukraine. In this devoted work, the place and the role of the Russian musical heritage in world artistic practice is explored deeply and impartially, and the grounds for global dialogue as the highest value are revealed. This peer-reviewed monographic publication, endowed with a powerful cultural potential, is perceived to be a significant event in the sphere of Russian musical scholarship.