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Cargando... The Lost Pianos of Siberia (2020)por Sophy Roberts
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. VIAJANDO POR SIBERIA EN BUSCA DE PIANOS Esparcidos por esta tierra remota y hostil, del tamaño de un continente, numerosos pianos resisten el paso del tiempo, testigos de cómo durante los siglos XIX y XX la música se convirtió en el centro de la vida pública y privada de los rusos. A caballo entre la literatura de viajes, el ensayo narrativo y la historia de la música, Los últimos pianos de Siberia sigue los pasos de muchos de estos pianos, así como las historias personales de quienes hicieron posible la proeza de que estos pianos lograsen viajar miles de kilómetros.
An obsession with finding ‘washed up and abandoned’ pianos leads to an impressive exploration of Siberia’s terrifying past
"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 found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos travelled into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is testament to acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accompanied extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is largely a story of music in this fascinating place, following Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of different instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful-and peppered with pianos"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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