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How come nobody has written a book-length biography of Evgeniya Lineva aka Yevgenia Linyova aka Евгения Линёва aka Eugenie Lineff aka Eugenie Papritz (1854–1919)?
Such a fascinating individual: opera singer, revolutionary (narodnik), introducer of Russian folk musik in the US. As an ethnomusicologist she was the first to use a phonograph to record folk songs while travelling in Ukraine and Russia; she developed new methods of rhythmic notation and became an important source for Stravinsky. At the same time, she exchanged letters with Friedrich Engels and translated works of Marx & Engels into Russian!
#musicology #ethnomusicology #music #history #Russia #Marx