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Music and Power in the Soviet 1930s: A History of Composers' Bureaucracy
Author(s): Simo Mikkonen (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 28 Feb. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 452 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773448357
- ISBN-13: 9780773448353
Book Description
This book explores the relationship of art and politics in the Soviet Union during the early Stalinist phase, learning on extensive archival work and revealing that during early 1930s, composer were able to organize their work without direct involvement of neither the Party nor the state organs.
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About the Author
Dr. Mikkonen is Research Associate in the Department of History and Ethnology at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, where he also completed his Ph.D. In 2008, Dr. Mikkonen was a Visting Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University, California, where he inaugurated a new research project concentrating on the cultural Cold War and its impact on the Soviet Union.
