• Introduction


• 1.: A Far From Silent World: Musical Life before the Great Reforms.


• 2.: Zealots of Culture: The Russian Musical Society, Voluntary Associations, and Cultural Life


• 3.: The Conservatory in Russian Society: The Institutionalization of Musical Life


• 4.: Conflicted Identities: The Professionalization of Russian Musical Life


• 5.: The Geography of Culture: The Expansion of Musical Life in the Provinces


• 6.: Crisis, Celebration, and the Decline of the Old Cultural Order


• Conclusion: Everything Old is New Again


• Endnotes


• Bibliography


• Index

Lynn Sargeant is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton. She grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota and was previously a postdoctoral fellow of the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation (2003-2004). She has published articles in Music and Letters, Russian Review, and History of Education Quarterly.

Harmony and Discord: Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life explores the complex development of Russian musical life during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Author Lynn M. Sargeant demonstrates that the successful development of a Russian musical infrastructure salved persistent anxieties about Russia's place vis-à-vis its European cultural competitors.