Aleksandr serov biography sample

This is an original scholarly monograph about the life and work of the Russian composer and critic Alexander Serov (), studied through the lens of his understanding of modernity as it developed in Russia in the mid nineteenth century.

This research monograph is first full-length biography of Alexander Serov in English utilizing original records and archive sand the first in any language since It will use the life of the composer/critic as a tool for understanding Russian conceptions and misconceptions of modernity.

An introduction and conclusion will bracket five chapters defined by major periods in Alex.

Serov’s life. Chapter I focuses on his youth and education from to Chapter II studies his young adulthood as a judicial bureaucrat with artistic aspirations, from to Chapter III focuses on Serov's criticism, which he did from his departur