Acknowledgements
Without the help of the following people this paper would not have been possible:

Lena Shulgina-translation help and grammatical wizardry
Rohan Mahy-technical support and digital wizardry
Julie Pollack-emotional support and interest
Boris Keyser-academic advise, encouragement and linguistic prowess
Andrei Suchilin-Musical intrigues and research support
Tanya Popova-language and music resources
Demetrios Nichols-music and literary resources and the encouragement that moved me to go to Russia
Jerry Drake and Aleta Drake-for constant encouragement
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