UID:
almahu_9947413524502882
Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 404 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781782040231 (ebook)
Content:
The October Revolution of 1917 tore the fabric of Russian musical life: institutions collapsed, and leading composers emigrated or fell into silence. But in 1932, at the outset of the 'socialist realist' period, a new Stalinist music culture was emerging. Between these two dates lies a turbulent period of change which this book charts year by year. It sheds light on the vicious power struggles and ideological wars, the birth of new aesthetic credos, and the gradual increase of Party and state control over music, in the opera houses, the concert halls, the workers' clubs, and on the streets. The book not only provides a detailed and nuanced depiction of the early Soviet musical landscape, but brings it to life by giving voice to the leading actors and commentators of the day. The vibrant public discourse on music is presented through a selection of press articles, reviews and manifestos, all supplied with ample commentary. These myriad sources offer a new context for our understanding of Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, while also showing how Western music was received in the USSR. This, however, is only half the story. The other half emerges from the private dimension of this cultural upheaval, traced through the letters, diaries and memoirs left by composers and other major players in the music world. These materials address the beliefs, motivations and actions of the Russian musical intelligentsia during the painful period of their adjustment to the changing demands of the new state. While following the twists and turns of official policies on music, the authors also offer their own explanations for the outcomes. The book offers unprecedented access to primary sources that have been unavailable in English, or which lay unknown on archival shelves. ‘Music and Soviet Power’ offers cultural history told through documents - both colourful and representative - with an extensive commentary and annotation throughout. MARINA FROLOVA-WALKER is Reader in Music History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. JONATHAN WALKER, who has a PhD in Musicology, is a freelance writer, teacher and pianist.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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October 1917-18 : Out of chaos -- 1919 : Depression and fever -- 1920 : Bureaucracy on the rise -- 1921 : Should I stay or should I go? -- 1922 : Just like the old days? -- 1923 : The birth of ASM and RAPM -- 1924 : ASM in the ascendant -- 1925 : Equilibrium -- 1926 : Guests from the west -- 1927 : Celebrations -- 1928 : At the crossroads -- 1929 : Velikiy perelom : the great turning point --1930 : RAPM's glorious year? -- 1931 : RAPM's fortunes turning -- 1932 : The rules change.
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Opera and its new audience /
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The tasks of the Music Section (of Moscow Proletkult) /
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A lull /
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Art and the proletariat /
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Declaration of the Music Section (of Narkompros) ;
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Musical responses /
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On Wagner /
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Petrushka at the Academy Opera and Ballet Theatre /
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Chaliapin in the Soviet /
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The Christmas tree at the Mikhailovsky Theatre /
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Eyes and wings : under the impression of Scriabin concerts at the Philharmonia /
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Impressions (On Isadora Duncan) /
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The revolutionary years in music /
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The Symphony of sirens, and the Baku experiment /
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On the romantic R.S.F.S.R : a conversation with the composer Ya. Polferov ;
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The Association of Proletarian Musicians (Composers, Teachers, and Performers) ;
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A musical cul-de-sac /
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Those on the other side /
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Diatribes /
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A statement by a group of Moscow State Conservatoire professors ;
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The struggle for the commune, or The exploded bomb / N. Malkov ;
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Composers! Keep up! /
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Ideological platform of the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians --
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For Red Petrograd /
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Foxtrot : the dance and the music /
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Sergey Prokofiev's third Concerto /
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'Production' music : on Kastalsky's Village symphony /
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The double-faced Janus ;
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Jazz-band in Moscow /
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A letter from Komsomol members in the Conservatoire to Cmrd A.V. Lunacharsky and Cmrd A.V. Lunacharsky's response --
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The 'left' wing of contemporary music ;
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The red poppy at the Bolshoi /
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At Der Sprung über den Schatten /
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The path of October /
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Johnny at the state Maly Opera House /
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Bartók and the problem of folk music /
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The third musical Olympiad in Leningrad /
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The ballet Steps of steel and its composer, Prokofiev /
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The nose : an opera by D. Shostakovich /
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Can a phone call be sung? Notes on The wind from the north /
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Letter to the editors (of Proletarian musician) /
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Our mass music (excerpts) /
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A Kiev newspaper on Shostakovich's ballet (The golden age) ;
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Heavenly 'idyll', or fascism in priestly garb /
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Under a proletarian veil /
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Music for the film Alone /
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How I worked on the song 'They wanted to beat us' /
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On the restructuring of literary and artistic organisations. Resolution of the Central Committee of the VKP(b) of 23 April 1932 ;
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On the music front ;
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A symphony of struggle : on Myaskovsky's twelfth Symphony /
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A tragedy-satire (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District) /
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The opera and the composer (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District) /
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Music of the 'third estate' (On the ballet The flames of Paris) /
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In the carriage (Sergei Prokofiev : marking his arrival in the Soviet Union) /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781843837039
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
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