Peter J Schmelz

Such Freedom, If Only Musical (eBook, ePUB)

Unofficial Soviet Music During the Thaw

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examining the construction and reception of the music produced in the Soviet Union between 1956 and 1974, in the period known as the Thaw, this is the first book to draw upon interviews with musicians from the time, as well as detailed analyses and archival materials.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190450991
• Artikelnr.: 42727212

Autorenporträt

Peter J. Schmelz is Assistant Professor of Music at Washington University in St. Louis. His primary area of interest is twentieth-century music (and especially music after 1945), with a focus on the music produced in the Soviet Union, including that by Shostakovich and Schnittke. He received a 2004 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, and is Chair and founder of the American Musicological Society's Cold War and Music Study Group.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on transliteration
1: Introduction
2: The Dam Bursts: The First and Second Conservatories
3: Andrey Volkonsky and the Beginnings of "Unofficial" Music
4: From "Young" to "Unofficial": Denisov's Sun of the Incas
5: "Unofficial" Venues, Performers, and Audiences
6: From Abstraction to Mimesis, from Control to Freedom: Pärt, Schnittke, Silvestrov, Gubaidulina
7: Denisov's Laments, Volkonsky's Rejoinder
8: Conclusion: The Farewell Symphony
Epilogue: Reflections on Memory and Nostalgia
Appendices
Bibliography
Index