Underground Music from the Former USSR

What happened to contemporary music in the Soviet Union after Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev? This book is a valuable source of information on the composers of the generations following these three great innovators. It is a document of the hidden period of Russian music, of what happened after the denunciation of Shostakovich and Prokofiev by the Composers' Union. It contains profiles of the most interesting and innovative composers from Russia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3718658216
• ISBN13: 9783718658213
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"