In its scope and command of primary sources and its generosity of scholary inquiry, Nikolai Findeizen's monumental work, published in 1928 and 1929 in Soviet Russia, places the origins and development of music in Russia within the context of Russia's cultural and social history.Volume 1 details the development of musical culture in pre-Christian and Kievan Rus', in Novgorod the Great, and in 15th- and 16th-century Moscow; the activities of Russia's first folk musicians; the varieties and evolution of musical instruments; music in monastic and court life in the 17th century, and music and theater in the age of Peter the GreatPublished with the generous support of Joseph M. Bloch.