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Author:   Levon Hakobian
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.884kg
ISBN:  

9781472471086

ISBN 10:   1472471083
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   13 December 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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’

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Levon Hakobian, born 1953 in Yerevan, Armenia, is Head of the Department of Music Theory at the State Institute of Art Studies, Moscow, Russia. He has published widely on a number of topics, including Soviet Music, 20th century composers, medieval Armenian sacred chants, and topical problems of musical science.

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