Leningrad's modernists : studies in composition and musical thought, 1917-1932 / David Haas.
| Author/creator | Haas, David Edwin |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Peter Lang, ©1998. |
| Description | xiv, 301 pages : music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | American university studies. Series XX, Fine arts ; vol. 31 American university studies. Series XX, Fine arts ; vol. 31. ^A397262 |
| Contents | Part one. Chronology and contexts. Background and biographies. Civil war. Outreach. Survival (1917-21) ; The NEP and high modernism (1921-29) ; The proletarian usurpation (1929-32) -- In search of a Leningrad school of composition -- Boris Asafyev and the form-as-process aesthetic. Intonatsiya ; Form as process ; Melos, polyphony, and linearism ; Symphonism -- Vladimir Shcherbachyov and the new pedagogy at the conservatory. Shcherbachyov's course in musical form ; Ryazanov's course in melody ; Kushnarev's course in polyphony ; Tyulin's course in harmony -- Part two. The music of Leningrad's modernists. Shcherbachyov's nonet, op. 10: improvisation, schema, and process -- Shcherbachyov's second symphony: symphonic apocalypse on themes from Aleksandr Blok -- Shostakovich's first symphony: process and a symphonic schema -- Shostakovich's Symphonic Dedication to October: a tribute to the revolution and to revolutionary theater -- Popov's secret, op. 2: episodes from Leningrad's musical life -- Epilog and final ironies -- Appendix A. Compositions of the Leningrad modernists -- Appendix B. Conservatory course proposals of Shcherbachyov, Ryazanov, Kushnarev, and Tyulin in translation -- Appendix C. Poetic texts and translations. |
| Abstract | For a half century and more Dmitri Shostakovich and many other Soviet musicians drew inspiration from the brief period of high modernism in which they began their careers. Controversial in its own day, the modernist movement in Leningrad has been debated ever since, first within and now outside of Russia, to the point of obscuring the nature of the achievement and leaving essential questions unanswered. This book returns to the period itself to explore the issues, the creative personalities, the thought, and the music. From these studies the reader will gain a new perspective on music in the early Soviet period and insight into its lasting consequences for twentieth-century music. |
| Local note | Little-309967--305131014107Q |
| General note | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.) originally presented under title: Form and line in the music and musical thought of Leningrad, 1917-1932. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index. |
| LCCN | 96006615 |
| ISBN | 0820430730 |