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The Sound of Utopia
Musicians in the Time of Stalin
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Pushkin Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: QE849LG
EAN: 9781805330028
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Beschreibung
When Stalin came to power, making music in Russia became dangerous. Composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic production was scrutinized for potential subversion. In The Sound of Utopia, Michel Krielaars vividly depicts Soviet musicians and composers struggling to create art in a climate of risk, suspicion and fear. Some successfully toed the ideological line, diluting their work in the process; others ended up facing the Gulag or even death. While some, like Sergei Prokofiev, achieved lasting fame, others were consigned to oblivion, their work still hard to find. As Krielaars traces the twists and turns of these artists' fortunes, he paints a fascinating and disturbing portrait of the absurdity of Soviet musical life - and of the people who crafted sublime melodies under the darkest circumstances.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Michel Krielaars
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2025
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 321