Schmelz, Peter John.

Such freedom, if only musical : unofficial Soviet music during the Thaw / Peter J. Schmelz. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 392 p. : ill.

The dam bursts : the first and second conservatories -- Andrey Volkonsky and the beginnings of unofficial music -- From young to unofficial : Denisov's Sun of the Incas -- Unofficial venues, performers, and audiences -- From abstraction to mimesis, from control to freedom : Pärt, Schnittke, Silvestrov, and Gubaidulina -- Denisov's Laments, Volkonsky's Rejoinder -- Conclusion : the farewell symphony -- Epilogue : reflections on memory and nostalgia. HKBU library

YT2025 M09

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Music--Political aspects--Soviet Union.
Music--History and criticism.--Soviet Union

ML3917 / S291 S 2009