Music in Soviet RussiaMusic in Soviet Russia

Important pre-Soviet Composers

Important pre-Soviet Composers

“National Realistic School”Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, SerovTchaikovskyBalakirev, Borodin, Musorgsky, Cui,

Rimsky-Korsakov

“National Realistic School”Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, SerovTchaikovskyBalakirev, Borodin, Musorgsky, Cui,

Rimsky-Korsakov

Classical Music in RussiaClassical Music in Russia

Classical music flourished under “proletariat rule”

Classical music flourished under “proletariat rule”

Soviet MusicSoviet Music

Soviet musicologists believed realistic composers should write music that is “grounded in the nation”. Appeal to a broad group of people

using popular melody (often use folk music melodies), and European art music.

Soviet musicologists believed realistic composers should write music that is “grounded in the nation”. Appeal to a broad group of people

using popular melody (often use folk music melodies), and European art music.

Notable ComposersNotable Composers

Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitrii Shostakovich

Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitrii Shostakovich

StravinskyStravinsky

Rite of SpringRite of Spring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjX3oAwv_Fs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjX3oAwv_Fs&feature=related

ProkofievProkofiev

Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3sd2BAxys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3sd2BAxys

ShostakovichShostakovich

Festive OvertureFestive Overture

Wrote Festive Overture in three days after Stalin’s death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDZTah8J2A

Wrote Festive Overture in three days after Stalin’s death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDZTah8J2A

Early Soviet RussiaEarly Soviet Russia

Lacked both the brilliance of before the revolution and the censorship that would come later

Interested in a “Sovietization” of music and musical lifeCultural TransformationMusicians were actually major players

in “Sovietization”

Lacked both the brilliance of before the revolution and the censorship that would come later

Interested in a “Sovietization” of music and musical lifeCultural TransformationMusicians were actually major players

in “Sovietization”

“Sovietization” of Music“Sovietization” of Music

The People’s Conservatory Opened after the 1905 Revolution Courses in Choral Singing and Elementary Music

Theory Wanted a distinctly Soviet musical culture Music was difficult to censor because of it’s

abstraction compared to physical art forms. Nationalized conservatories, publishing houses and

theatres. Confiscated valuable instruments from private

collections and aristocrats.

The People’s Conservatory Opened after the 1905 Revolution Courses in Choral Singing and Elementary Music

Theory Wanted a distinctly Soviet musical culture Music was difficult to censor because of it’s

abstraction compared to physical art forms. Nationalized conservatories, publishing houses and

theatres. Confiscated valuable instruments from private

collections and aristocrats.

“Sovietization” of Music“Sovietization” of Music

There was only one radio station in all of Russia.

Comintern Radio

There was only one radio station in all of Russia.

Comintern Radio

Participation of WorkersParticipation of Workers

Groups in factories or farm collectives began putting on little plays, with music written either by a member of the group or a pro.

Groups in factories or farm collectives began putting on little plays, with music written either by a member of the group or a pro.

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• " Google Image Result for http://www.classical.net/music/images/composer/s/stravinsky.jpg." Google. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.classical.net/music/images/composer/s/stravinsky.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/stravinsky.php&h=280&w=230&sz=32&tbnid=eBiGLLLjtOv5PM:&tbnh=224&tbnw=184&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dimage%2Bof%2B (accessed December 19, 2010).

• " Google Image Result for http://www.manhattanstringquartet.com/images/Shostakovich_web.jpg." Google. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.manhattanstringquartet.com/images/Shostakovich_web.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.manhattanstringquartet.com/Shostakovich.htm&h=430&w=386&sz=12&tbnid=Nlf7DSCNUxa_wM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=113&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dimages%2Bof (accessed December 19, 2010).

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Works Cited (cont.)Works Cited (cont.)• Dorin, Ryan. "Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture - Piece Detail | LA Phil." Los Angeles

Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall | LA Phil. http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/piece-detail.cfm?id=263 (accessed January 2, 2011).

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• "Essentials of Music - Composers." Essentials of Music. http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/stravinsky.html (accessed December 7, 2010).

• Guide, All Music. "Dmitry Shostakovich | AllMusic." AllMusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dmitry-shostakovich-q7974/biography (accessed December 8, 2010).

• "Igor Stravinsky - Biography." HumanitiesWeb - Welcome. http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=a&a=i&ID=756 (accessed December 8, 2010).

• "Music under Soviet rule: Centre and pseudo-centre." Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. http://www.siue.edu/~aho/musov/cpc.html (accessed January 2, 2011).

• Nelson, Amy. "Music for the Revolution: Musicians ... - Google Books." Google Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=Q9MsfCnep64C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Music,+Soviet,+Russia&hl=en&ei=fmX-TLzAOI-q8Aaxqdj8Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed December 7, 2010).

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• Smrz, Jiri. "Symphonic Marxism: Sovietizing Pre-Revolutionary Russian Music Under Stalin." Discourses in Music. http://www.discourses.ca/v4n3a1.html (accessed January 2, 2011).

Works Cited (cont.)Works Cited (cont.) "YouTube- Shostakovich Festive Overture Op 96 Live @ Nobel Prize Concert 2009 ." YouTube .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDZTah8J2A (accessed January 2, 2011). "YouTube-The Rite of Spring Part 1 ." YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=bjX3oAwv_Fs&feature=related (accessed January 2, 2011).

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"YouTube-The Rite of Spring Part 1 ." YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjX3oAwv_Fs&feature=related (accessed January 2, 2011).