SOVIET MUSIC AND SOCIETY UNDER LENIN AND STALIN

This book investigates the place of music in Soviet society during the eras of Lenin and Stalin. It examines the different strategie s adopted by composers and musicians in their attempts to carve out careers in a rapidly evolving society, discusses the role of mus ic in Soviet society and people's lives, and shows how political ideology proved an inspiration as well as an inhibition. It explore s how music and politics interacted in the lives of two of the twentieth century's greatest composers - Shostakovich and Prokofiev - and als...[Read more]