Creative Union: The Professional Organization of Soviet Composers, 1939-1953

by Kiril Tomoff

Book Overview

Why did the Stalin era, a period characterized by bureaucratic control and the reign of Socialist Realism in the arts, witness such an extraordinary upsurge of musical creativity and the prominence of musicians in the cultural elite? This is one of the questions that Kiril Tomoff seeks to answer in Creative Union, the first book about any of the professional unions that dominated Soviet cultural life at the time. Drawing on hitherto...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501731211
• ISBN13: 9781501731211
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher