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Stalin's music prize Soviet culture and politics

Title: Stalin's music prize [electronic resource] : Soviet culture and politics / Marina Frolova-Walker.
Author: Frolova-Walker, Marina.
Publication: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

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Description

1 online resource (xi, 369 pages) : illustrations, music.

Uniform Title

Stalin's music prize (Online)

Alternative Title

Stalin's music prize (Online)

Subject

Stalin Prize > History
Music > Awards > Soviet Union
Music > Soviet Union > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-362) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction -- How it all worked out -- The first year -- Prokofiev: the unlikely champion -- Shostakovich: hits and misses -- Shostakovich as a committee member -- Myaskovsky and his school -- Checks and balances -- High and low -- Awards for performers -- 1948 and Khrennikov's rule -- The Stalin prize without Stalin -- Conclusion.

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