| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 404 pages) |
| Contents |
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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Frontcover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; Chronology of Political and Musical Events -- October 1917-18 : Out of chaos. Opera and its new audience / N. Petrov ; The tasks of the Music Section (of Moscow Proletkult) / B. Krasin ; A lull / Igor Glebov ; Art and the proletariat / 'R.' -- 1919 : Depression and fever. Declaration of the Music Section (of Narkompros) ; Musical responses / Ant. Dianov ; On Wagner / Vyacheslav Ivanov -- 1920 : Bureaucracy on the rise. Petrushka at the Academy Opera and Ballet Theatre / Andrey Levinson ; Chaliapin in the Soviet / Victor Serge -- 1921 : Should I stay or should I go? The Christmas tree at the Mikhailovsky Theatre / N. Strelnikov ; Eyes and wings : under the impression of Scriabin concerts at the Philharmonia / Anatoliy Kankarovich ; Impressions (On Isadora Duncan) / M. Zagorsky -- 1922 : Just like the old days? The revolutionary years in music / L. Sabaneyev ; The Symphony of sirens, and the Baku experiment / Arseny Avraamov -- 1923 : The birth of ASM and RAPM. On the romantic R.S.F.S.R : a conversation with the composer Ya. Polferov ; The Association of Proletarian Musicians (Composers, Teachers, and Performers) ; A musical cul-de-sac / A. Sergeyev -- 1924 : ASM in the ascendant. Those on the other side / A. Sergeyev ; Diatribes / 'Communist' ; A statement by a group of Moscow State Conservatoire professors ; The struggle for the commune, or The exploded bomb / N. Malkov ; Composers! Keep up! / Igor Glebov ; Ideological platform of the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians -- 1925 : Equilibrium. For Red Petrograd / N. Malkov ; Foxtrot : the dance and the music / V. Blyum ; Sergey Prokofiev's third Concerto / Igor Glebov -- 1926 : Guests from the West. 'Production' music : on Kastalsky's Village symphony / Victor Belyayev ; The double-faced Janus ; Jazz-band in Moscow / Nikolai Malko ; A letter from Komsomol members in the Conservatoire to Cmrd A.V. Lunacharsky and Cmrd A.V. Lunacharsky's response -- 1927 : Celebrations. The 'left' wing of contemporary music ; The red poppy at the Bolshoi / 'Sadko' -- 1928 : At the crossroads. At Der Sprung über den Schatten / A. Lunacharsky ; The path of October / N. Vygodsky ; Johnny at the state Maly Opera House / I. Sollertinsky -- 1929 : Velikiy perelom : the great turning point. Bartók and the problem of folk music / A. Weprik ; The third musical Olympiad in Leningrad / Boris Filippov ; The ballet Steps of steel and its composer, Prokofiev / Yu. Keldysh ; The nose : an opera by D. Shostakovich / D. Zhitomirsky -- 1930 : RAPM's glorious year? Can a phone call be sung? Notes on The wind from the north / 'Uriel' ; Letter to the editors (of Proletarian musician) / N. Malko ; Our mass music (excerpts) / L. Lebedinsky -- 1931 : RAPM's fortunes turning. A Kiev newspaper on Shostakovich's ballet (The golden age) ; Heavenly 'idyll', or fascism in priestly garb / N. Vygodsky ; Under a proletarian veil / 'Terzetto' ; Music for the film Alone / Kl. Korchmaryov ; How I worked on the song 'They wanted to beat us' / A. Davidenko -- 1932 : The rules change. On the restructuring of literary and artistic organisations. Resolution of the Central Committee of the VKP(b) of 23 April 1932 ; On the music front ; A symphony of struggle : on Myaskovsky's twelfth Symphony / D. Kabalevsky ; A tragedy-satire (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District) / D. Shostakovich ; The opera and the composer (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District) / M. Grinberg ; Music of the 'third estate' (On the ballet The flames of Paris) / Igor Glebov ; In the carriage (Sergei Prokofiev : marking his arrival in the Soviet Union) / VI. Derzhanovsky |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-389) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Music -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism
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Music -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union
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Music -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- International.
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MUSIC -- General.
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Music
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Music -- Political aspects
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Music -- Social aspects
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Musik.
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Soviet Union
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Sowjetunion.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walker, Jonathan (Pianist), author.
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| ISBN |
9781782040231 |
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1782040234 |
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1283836491 |
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9781283836494 |
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