Dmitry Shostakovich and Music for Stalinist Cinema (1936-1953)

Zusatztext “This essential book, the second in Titus's ambitious Shostakovich film music trilogy, builds on her highly successful first installment by pressing forward through a crucial time in Soviet history: the late 1930s, World War II, and the postwar period, ending with Stalin's death in 1953. Impressively interdisciplinary, it is packed with intriguing historical, musical, and filmic observations and interpretations.” - Peter J. Schmelz, author of Sonic Overload: Alfred Schnittke, Valentin Silvestrov, and Polystylism in the late USSR Informationen zum Autor Joan Titus is Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She researches the cultural politics of audiovisual media and has published on the themes of Soviet and Russian film music, indigeneity and transnational identities, and the intersectionality of gender, race, and nationalism in music for screen media. Klappentext Following the first volume on Dmitry Shostakovich's early career and his emergence as the first composer for Soviet Russian cinema, this book examines Shostakovich's continued development as a film composer and his navigation of Stalinist cultural politics from 1936 to 1953. Zusammenfassung Following the first volume on Dmitry Shostakovich's early career and his emergence as the first composer for Soviet Russian cinema, this book examines Shostakovich's continued development as a film composer and his navigation of Stalinist cultural politics from 1936 to 1953. Inhaltsverzeichnis Archives and Libraries Consulted Note on Transliteration and Translation About the Companion Website 1. Introduction 2. Between the Revolution and the Soviet 3. Facets of the Soviet 4. Youth, Gender, and the Soviet Hero(ine) 5. Heroes and Cold War Relations 6. Heroes and Stalin Cult Films 7. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Titus , Joan Titus, Joan (Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusi Titus, Titus Joan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9780197611326
• ISBN: 978-0-19-761132-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Oxford Music / Media
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Musicals, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic, Films, cinema, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Electronic Music, Music of film and stage