Song from the Land of Fire

<p><em>Song from the Land of Fire</em> explores Azerbaijanian musical culture a subject previously unexamined by American and European scholars. This book contains notations of <em>mugham</em> performance--a fusion of traditional poetry and musical improvisation--and analysis of hybrid genres such as <em>mugham</em>-operas and symphonic <em>mugham</em> by native composers. Intimately connected to the awakening of Azerbaijanian national consciousness while ruled by the Russian Empire and the USSR <em>mugham</em> is inseparable from the contexts in which it is produced and heard. Inna Naroditskaya provides the historical and political contexts for <em>mugham</em> and profiles the musicians musical genealogies and musical institutions of Azerbaijan.</p>