Underground Music from the Former USSR / Edition 1

by Valeria Tsenova, Romela Kohanovskaya

Overview

What happened to contemporary music in the Soviet Union after Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev? This book is a valuable source of information on the composers of the generations following these three great innovators. It is a document of the hidden period of Russian music, of what happened after the denunciation of Shostakovich and Prokofiev by the Composers' Union. It contains profiles of the most interesting and innovative composers from Russia and the former Soviet republics, written by leading musicologists. Featured composers include Andrei Volkonsky, Philip Gershkovich, Sergei Slonimsky, Boris Tishchenko, Valentin Silvestrov, Leonid Grabovsky , Nikolai Karetnikov , Alemdar Karamanov, Roman Ledenyov , Vyacheslav Artyomov , Faraj Karayev , Alexander Knaifel , Vladislav Shoot Alexander Vustin, Victor Ekimovksy , Alexander Raskatov , Sergei Pavlenko, Vladimir Tarnopolsy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783718658046
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/1998
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Andrei Volkonsky the initiator: a profile of his life and work, Yuri Kholopov; Chapter 2 Philip Gershkovich's search for the lost essence of music, Yuri Kholopov; Chapter 3 Sergei Slonimsky: the impetus to innovation and cultural synthesis, Valentina Kholopova; Chapter 4 Boris Tishchenko: striking spontaneity against a rationalistic background, Valentina Kholopova; Chapter 5 Valentin Silvestrov's lyrical universe, Svetlana Savenko; Chapter 6 Leonid Grabovsky: constants of style, Svetlana Savenko; Chapter 7 A drama of non-recognition: a profile of Nikolai Karetnikov's life and work, Mikhail Tarakanov; Chapter 8 Alemdar Karamanov: an outsider in Soviet music, Yuri Kholopov; Chapter 9 The labyrinths of Roman Ledenyov's creative work, Valentina Kholopova; Chapter 10 Vyacheslav Artyomov: in search of artistic truth, Mikhail Tarakanov; Chapter 11 Faraj Karayev: genug or not genug, Vladimir Barsky; Chapter 12 The magic of Alexander Knaifel's message, Svetlana Savenko; Chapter 13 Secrets of the moscow composition school in Vladislav Shoot's pure music, Valentina Kholopova; Chapter 14 Alexander Vustin: the battlefield is the soul, Valeria Tsenova; Chapter 15 A lyrical digression with commentary or, that 'notorious' Ekimovsky, Vladimir Barsky; Chapter 16 Alexander Raskatov's apologia, Vladimir Barsky; Chapter 17 Sergei Pavlenko: on the way to simplicity, Vladimir Barsky; Chapter 18 The culturology of Vladimir Tarnopolsky, Valeria Tsenova;