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Such freedom, if only musical : unofficial Soviet music during the Thaw /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmelz, Peter John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Music > Political aspects > Soviet Union.
Music > Soviet Union > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • The dam bursts : the first and second conservatories
  • Andrey Volkonsky and the beginnings of unofficial music
  • From young to unofficial : Denisov's Sun of the Incas
  • Unofficial venues, performers, and audiences
  • From abstraction to mimesis, from control to freedom : Pärt, Schnittke, Silvestrov, and Gubaidulina
  • Denisov's Laments, Volkonsky's Rejoinder
  • Conclusion : the farewell symphony
  • Epilogue : reflections on memory and nostalgia.