Book of the Month for July 2003

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: CIUS Press is pleased to introduce its book of the month for July 2003: : Ukrainian Musical Elements in Classical Music by Yakov Soroker : vi, 155 pp., notes, tablatures, select bibliography : Translated by Olya Samilenko : Edited by Andrij Hornjatkevyc : Sale Price: $14.97 (reg. $24.95) (cloth) : Save 40% until 31 July 2003! : About this Title : This monograph is the first comprehensive account of the influence of Ukrainian motifs on the classical music of Europe and Russia from the eighteenth century through the first half of the twentieth. Going beyond earlier, fragmentary treatments that considered direct Ukrainian borrowings by classical composers, Yakov Soroker analyzes Ukrainian elements in the musical language of the composers and regions under study. Beginning with a survey of the modes, melodies, and rhythms characteristic of Ukrainian folk music, Soroker discusses the role of these elements in the works of the Viennese classical school, nineteenth-century German, Austrian and Hungarian composers, Frédéric Chopin and later Polish composers, Béla Bartók, and Russian composers, including such major figures as Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rakhmaninov, and Prokofiev, and lesser lights such as Khandoshkin, Serov, and Kabalevsky. : Drawing on a vast musical literature and a lifetime of study, Soroker demonstrates the significant influence of Ukrainian themes, often wrongly identified as "Russian," "Hungarian," "Gypsy," or "Turkish," on classical music. The text is supplemented with one hundred musical examples and a bibliography citing works in several languages. Offering a fresh analytical approach and a wealth of new information, this book is an important contribution to the literature on classical music. : View 19 sample pages and 3 reviews online at : http://www.utoronto.ca/cius/webfiles/salesandspecials/bookofthemonth/botm0703.htm. : Ready to Order? Just choose and option below. : : Option - Procedure : E-mail - Send e-mail to cius@ualberta.ca with your billing address, item(s) ordered, and credit card information. : Telephone - Call (780) 492-2973 between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm (MST / -0700 UTC) and have your credit card ready. : Fax - Fax (780) 492-4967 with your billing address, payment method, and item(s) ordered. : Mail - Send your billing address, payment method, and item(s) ordered to CIUS Press, 450 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E8 : : CIUS Press is the largest publisher of English-language material about Ukraine. It is the publishing arm of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto. The emergence of Ukraine as an independent state has focused general and scholarly interest on Ukrainian studies, and CIUS Press is meeting that interest and need with a sizeable offering of new, forthcoming, and already published books. : Thank you for your interest in CIUS Press. : ********************************************* : Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press : University of Toronto : 1 Spadina Cres., Rm. 109 : Toronto, ON : Canada M5S 2J5 : Telephone: 416-978-6934 : Facsimile: 416-978-2672 : E-mail: cius@chass.utoronto.ca : Web site: www.utoronto.ca/cius : www.encyclopediaofukraine.com : *********************************************