Introduction: The Comedians Come to Pskov -- Court Music at Home and Abroad -- The Theater of Diplomacy -- Introducing Pickleherring: The Origins of the Russian Court Theater -- The Plays and "Ballets" for the Tsar -- The Play of Tamerlane -- From Tamerlane to Tamerlane and Beyo…
"In the 17th century, only Moscow's elite had access to the magical, vibrant world of the theater. In Russia's Theatrical Past, Claudia Jensen, Ingrid Maier, and Stepan Shamin, with Daniel C. Waugh, mine Russian archival sources to document the musical history of these productio…
"In the 17th century, only Moscow's elite had access to the magical, vibrant world of the theater. In Russia's Theatrical Past, Claudia Jensen, Ingrid Maier, and Stepan Shamin, with Daniel C. Waugh, mine Russian archival sources to document the musical history of these productio…