"First printing 2021"

Introduction -- Part I: National versus global. The "universal": Globalizing the local ; The national: Super-icons ; National identification versus cultural affiliation: Non-Russian composers ; Cultural affililtation versus citizenship: Russian diaspora -- Part II: How to: Perspectives of music creation. The "social" perspective ; The "production" perspective -- Part III: How they left. A brief history of Russian diaspora through music ; "Kolbasa" emigration": A new cultural mythology? -- Part IV: How they stayed. The trauma of migration ; The many professions ; Supporters and connectors -- Part V: How they returned. Homecoming and reception at home ; Russian under Putin: To stay or to go? ; Conclusion.

"As waves of composers migrated from Russia in the 20th century, they grappled with complex struggle between their own traditions and those of their adopted homes. 'Russian Composers Abroad' explores the self-identity of these émigrés, especially those who left from the 1970s on, and how aspects of their diasporic identities played out in their music. Elena Dubinets provides a journey through the complexities of identity formation and cultural production under globalization and migration, elucidating sociological perspectives of the post-Soviet world that have caused changes in composers' outlooks, strategies, and rankings."[Baksida]