Title: Music for the revolution : musicians and power in early Soviet Russia /
Authors: Nelson, Amy.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Music Soviet Union History and criticism; Music Social aspects Soviet Union.; Musici.; Russische Revolutie.; Politieke macht.; Soviet Union History; 4.935.
Contents: Bread, art, and Soviet power: musicians in revolution and Civil War -- The peculiarities of the Soviet modern: NEP culture and the promotion of "contemporary" music -- The three faces of the musical left -- Of "Cast-off barroom garbage" and "Bold revolutionary songs": the problem of popular music, 1923-1926 -- Politics and patronage: state agencies and the development of cultural policy during NEP -- "Training future cadres": modernization and the limits of reform at the Moscow Conservatory -- The music of 1927: commemorating the Tenth anniversary of the revolution and the centennial of Beethoven's death -- Cultural revolution.