Music of the Soviet Era: 1917-1991

Contents

• PART I . REMAINDERS OF THE SILVER AGE AND THE STURM UND DRANG OF SOVIET MODERNISM I.
• 1. The Distribution of Forces on the Musical Scene During the Early Post-Revolutionary Period I.
• 2. The Rise of Shostakovich
• PART II . MUSIC UNDER STALIN II.
• 1. The Beginnings of the 'Big Soviet Style'. Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk District and the First Offensives on 'Formalism' II.
• 2. The Second Half of the Thirties; the Period of 'Maturity' of Soviet Music II.
• 3. The War and Early Post-War Years II.
• 4. The Year 1948 and After
• PART III . THE YEAR 1953 AND AFTER: THE 'BRONZE AGE' III.
• 1.
• Introduction the Progress of Events III.
• 2. Shostakovich in 1953-75 III.
• 3. Shostakovich's Disciples III.
• 4. The Avant-Garde of Moscow: the 'Great Three' and Other Major Figures III.
• 5. Innovative Tendencies Outside Russia III.
• 6. Some 'Independents' and 'Middle-Roads'