Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-342) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the new patriarch -- The true False Dmitrii and the death of music in Moscow -- "Wondrous singers and exceptional voices" : singers and singing in Muscovy -- "Sweet and harmonious singing" : domestic singers and domestic singing -- Tavern and wedding : the instrumental traditions at the Muscovite court -- Nikolai Diletskii : language and imagery in Muscovite music theory -- The Muscovite court theater -- Epilogue : reversing our gaze: a case study.