Composing the party line : music and politics in early cold war Poland and East Germany

Composing the party line music and politics in early cold war Poland and East Germany

Examines the exercise of power in the Stalinist music world as well as the ways in which composers and ordinary people responded to it. A comparative inquiry into the relationship between music and politics in the German Democratic Republic and Poland from the aftermath of World War II through Stali...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tompkins, David G. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: West Lafayette Purdue University Press 2013
West Lafayette, Indiana : [2013]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Central European studies.
Subjects:
Music > Political aspects > Poland > History > 20th century.
Music > Political aspects > Germany (East) > History > 20th century.
Music and state > Poland > History > 20th century.
Music and state > Germany (East) > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423265606719
Table of Contents:
  • The rise and decline of socialist realism in music
  • The composers' unions between party aims and professional autonomy
  • The struggle over commissions
  • The music festival as pedagogical experience
  • The concert landscape.

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