Research Catalog

Title

Symphonic Stalinism : claiming Russian musical classics for the new Soviet listener, 1932-1953 / Jiří Smrž ; with a forward by Thomas Lahusen and Peter H. Solomon, Jr.

Author

Smrž, Jiří, 1970-2006.

Publication

Münster : LIT ; Piscataway, NJ : Transaction Pub. [distributor], [2011], ©2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Solomon, Peter H.
• Lahusen, Thomas.

Description

xv, 187 pages : music; 21 cm.

Summary

The Soviet system of rule that developed under Stalin featured management of the arts by political authorities, and the main doctrine inspiring and justifying this activity was "socialist realism." The definition of socialist realism emerged through a fluid process, marked by twists and turns and at times even contestation, in which critics, scholars, and creators alike gave the doctrine practical meaning. Jirí Smrz's Symphonic Stalinism tells this story for music, and the author examines it in much greater detail than any other scholar before him. In the process, Smrz emphasizes the crucial role played by musicologists, which was probably unique in the history of that discipline internationally.

Series Statement

[Osteuropa ; Bd. 4]

Uniform Title

Osteuropa (Münster in Westfalen, Germany) ; Bd. 4.

Subject

• Music > Soviet Union > History and criticism
• Music and state > Soviet Union
• Composers > Russia > 20th century
• Musicology > Russia > 20th century

Note

• Originally presented as the author's doctoral dissertation to the University of Toronto in 2005.
• Series statement not on book.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-187).

ISBN

• 9783643104489 (pbk.)
• 3643104480 (pbk.)

LCCN

99950516631

OCLC

• 751752872
• ocn751752872
• SCSB-14539654

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries