Format:
xi, 321 Seiten ;
,
25 cm.
ISBN:
978-1-80533-002-8
,
978-1-80533-004-2
Uniform Title:
De klank van de heilstaat
Content:
"When Stalin came to power, making music in Russia became dangerous. Composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic production was scrutinized for potential subversion. In The Sound of Utopia, Michel Krielaars vividly depicts Soviet musicians and composers struggling to create art in a climate of risk, suspicion and fear. Some successfully toed the ideological line, diluting their work in the process; others ended up facing the Gulag or even death. While some, like Sergei Prokofiev, achieved lasting fame, others were consigned to oblivion, their work still hard to find. As Krielaars traces the twists and turns of these artists' fortunes, he paints a fascinating and disturbing portrait of the absurdity of Soviet musical lifeand of the people who crafted sublime melodies under the darkest circumstances"--Publisher's description
Note:
Richter's secret -- Yellow shoes and fancy cars -- The lost notes -- The Russian Vera Lynn -- Celebrated, persecuted, rehabilitated -- The vanished singer -- A nun at the keyboard -- The lost legacy -- Stalin's last lackey -- Solidarity with dissidents
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-80533-003-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Stalinismus
;
Musiker
;
Komponist
;
Stalinismus
;
1906-1975 Šostakovič, Dmitrij Dmitrievič
;
1915-1997 Richter, Svjatoslav Teofilovič
;
1899-1970 Judina, Marija Veniaminovna
;
1878-1953 Stalin, Josif Vissarionovič
;
Musikleben
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