Leningrad's modernists
Subtitle: studies in composition and musical thought, 1917-1932
By: David Haas.
Series: American university studies.; v. 31
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Asafʹev, B. V. 1884-1949 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Shcherbachev, V. 1889-1952 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.; Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.; Popov, Gavriil Nikolaevich, 1904-1972.; Music -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Music -- Instruction and study -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- History -- 20th century.; Modernism (Music) -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg.
Description: For a half century and more Dmitri Shostakovich and many other Soviet musicians drew inspiration from the brief period of high modernism in which they began their careers. Controversial in its own day, the modernist movement in Leningrad has been debated ever since, first within and now outside of Russia, to the point of obscuring the nature of the achievement and leaving essential questions unanswered.

This book returns to the period itself to explore the issues, the creative personalities, the thought, and the music. From these studies the reader will gain a new perspective on music in the early Soviet period and insight into its lasting consequences for twentieth-century music.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-292) and index.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.) originally presented under title: Form and line in the music and musical thought of Leningrad, 1917-1932.
Table of contents: title: Background and biographies; title: In search of a Leningrad school of composition; title: Boris Asafyev and the form-as-process aesthetic; title: Vladimir Shcherbachyov and the new pedagogy at the Conservatory; title: Shcherbachyov's nonet, op. 10 : improvisation, schema, and process; title: Shcherbachyov's Second symphony : symphonic apocalypse on themes from Aleksandr Blok; title: Shostakovich's First symphony : process and a symphonic schema; title: Shostakovich's symphonic dedication to October : a tribute to the Revolution and revolutionary theater; title: Popov's Septet, op. 2 : episodes from Leningrad's musical life.