TY - BOOK AU - Schmelz,Peter John TI - Such freedom, if only musical: unofficial Soviet music during the Thaw SN - 9780195341935 AV - ML3917 S291 S 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Music KW - Political aspects KW - Soviet Union KW - History and criticism N1 - 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 ER -