The lost pianos of Siberia
"Siberia's story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos--grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble, Soviet-made uprights that fo...
| Main Author: | Roberts, Sophy (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Grove Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pianomania, 1762-1917. Music in a sleeping land : Sibir; Traces in the snow : Khabarovsk; Siberia is "civilized" : St Petersburg to the Pacific; The Paris of Siberia : Irkutsk; Pianos in a sandy Venice : Kiakhta; The sound of Chopin's Poland ; Tomsk; Home in a hundred years : Sakhalin Island
- Broken chords, 1917-1991. The last Tsar's piano : the Urals ; The end of everything : the Altai Mountains; The Moscow of the East : Harbin; Beethoven in a red chum : the Yamal Peninsula; Music in the Gulag Archipelago : Kolyma; The Siberian Colosseum : Novosibirsk; Vera's Mühlbach : Akademgorodok
- Goodness knows where, 1992-Present day. A game of risk : Kamchatka; Siberia's last piano : the commanders to the Kurils; Provenance regained : Khabarovsk
- Epilogue : the Orkhon Valley.