Music and power in the Soviet 1930s [electronic resource] : a history of composers' bureaucracy / Simo Mikkonen ; with a foreword by Pauline Fairclough.

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Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2009.
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Main Author:
Mikkonen, Simo
Subjects:
Music and state > Soviet Union.
Music > Political aspects > Soviet Union.
Music > Soviet Union > History and criticism.
Socialism and music.
Soviet Union > Cultural policy > History.
Format: Electronic eBook
Music and power in the Soviet 1930s a history of composers' bureaucracy /
Table of Contents:
  • Between art, ideology and politics
  • Evaluating the past and planning the future. Turning point : 1932? ; Advent of the new environment ; Music and the Party : an open marriage?
  • Reshaping the Soviet musical stage. Musical structures and administrators ; Search for welfare ; Striving for professional control
  • Ideology meets music. Connecting music with socialism ; Musicology resolves everything ; Searching for socialist realism
  • The political turmoil : beyond 1936. The concentration : New era, new structures? ; The confrontation : committee vs. Composers' Union ; The conclusion : how composers learned to navigate
  • Final word.

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