Song from the Land of Fire: Azerbaijanian Mugam in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods

by Inna Naroditskaya

Song from the Land of Fire explores Azerbaijanian musical culture, a subject previously unexamined by American and European scholars. This book contains notations of mugham performance--a fusion of traditional poetry and musical improvisation--and analysis of hybrid genres, such as mugham-operas and symphonic mugham by native composers. Intimately connected to the awakening of Azerbaijanian national consciousness while ruled by the Russian Empire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138878375
• ISBN13: 9781138878372
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"