Sing to Victory!: Song in Soviet Society during World War II

Contents

• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Introduction
• PART I - THE SONGS AND THEIR CREATORS
• Chapter 1 THE SONGS OF THE WAR YEARS: Themes, Tunes, and Trends
• Prewar Songs and Their Influence
• Blitzkrieg: The Early War Songs
• Farewell to Normality: The Early Lyrical Songs
• War Is Here To Stay: Songs about Wartime Life
• Victory on the Horizon: The Tone Shifts
• Victory Becomes a Reality
• Chronologies, Shifts, and Variations in The Wartime Songs
• Chapter 2 THE SOLDIERS OF THE SONG FRONT: Composers and Poets during the War
• The Composers
• The Poet-Lyricists
• Relations between Composers and Poets
• Remuneration: Contracts and Contests
• Amateur Song Writing
• Critiques and Debates on Song
• Chapter 3 COMMAND AND CONTROL: Official Policy and Institutional Responsibility over Song
• The Creative Unions
• Party and State Structures
• Trade Unions and Other Organizations
• Military Involvement
• Censorship Control
• International Relations and the Arts
• Conclusions
• PART II - SONG DISTRIBUTION AND RECEPTION
• Chapter 4 PRINT, PLASTIC, AND SOUND WAVES: Mass Media and Song Distribution
• Songbooks and Other Musical Publications
• Newspapers
• Radio
• Records
• Film
• Conclusions
• Chapter 5 BALL GOWNS AND BOMBS: Performers and Brigades in Battle and at Home
• Diversity and Quantity of Performance Groups
• The Response to War
• The Experience of War: Brigade Travel, Performances and Living Conditions
• At the Front
• In Home Towns
• In the Rear
• Working Together
• PART III - SONG RECEPTION AND LEGACY
• Chapter 6 FROM DAWN 'TIL DUSK: Song in Everyday Life
• Audience and Memory
• Children's Experiences
• Home Front Adult Experiences
• Song at the Front
• The Power of Song
• Chapter 7 THE LEGACY OF THE WAR SONGS
• The Audience
• The State
• Fans and Idols
• Song Function
• The Legacy in the Body
• Post War Images of Freedom
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3