Music and Soviet Power, 1917-1932

This is documentary history at its best: mostly never before translated sources, expert editorial selection and substantive quality editorial commentary; the substantive editorial matter ensures that this volume can be used as reference work and historical account alike.

List of 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

About the author

Marina Frolova-Walker, Jonathan Walker

Summary

The book offers unprecedented access to primary sources that have been unavailable in English, or which lay unknown on archival shelves. Music and Soviet Power offers cultural history told through documents - both colourfuland representative - with an extensive commentary and annotation throughout.

Product details

• Authors: Marina Frolova-Walker, Professor Marina Frolova-Walker, Michael Middeke, Jonathan Walker, Jonathan (Person) Walker
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9781843837039
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-703-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 875 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries