1. Music in Soviet Russia

2. Important pre-Soviet Composers G “National Realistic School” G Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, Serov G Tchaikovsky G Balakirev, Borodin, Musorgsky, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov G “National Realistic School” G Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, Serov G Tchaikovsky G Balakirev, Borodin, Musorgsky, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov

3. Classical Music in Russia G Classical music flourished under “proletariat rule”

4. Soviet Music G Soviet musicologists believed realistic composers should write music that is “grounded in the nation”. G Appeal to a broad group of people using popular melody (often use folk music melodies), and European art music. G Soviet musicologists believed realistic composers should write music that is “grounded in the nation”. G Appeal to a broad group of people using popular melody (often use folk music melodies), and European art music.

5. Notable Composers G Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitrii Shostakovich

6. Stravinsky

7. Rite of Spring G http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj X3oAwv_Fs&feature=related

8. Prokofiev

9. Romeo and Juliet G http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB 3sd2BAxys

10. Shostakovich

11. Festive Overture G Wrote Festive Overture in three days after Stalin’s death. G http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g DZTah8J2A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g DZTah8J2A G Wrote Festive Overture in three days after Stalin’s death. G http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g DZTah8J2A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g DZTah8J2A

12. Early Soviet Russia G Lacked both the brilliance of before the revolution and the censorship that would come later G Interested in a “Sovietization” of music and musical life G Cultural Transformation G Musicians were actually major players in “Sovietization” G Lacked both the brilliance of before the revolution and the censorship that would come later G Interested in a “Sovietization” of music and musical life G Cultural Transformation G Musicians were actually major players in “Sovietization”

13. “Sovietization” of Music G The People’s Conservatory G Opened after the 1905 Revolution G Courses in Choral Singing and Elementary Music Theory G Wanted a distinctly Soviet musical culture G Music was difficult to censor because of it’s abstraction compared to physical art forms. G Nationalized conservatories, publishing houses and theatres. G Confiscated valuable instruments from private collections and aristocrats. G The People’s Conservatory G Opened after the 1905 Revolution G Courses in Choral Singing and Elementary Music Theory G Wanted a distinctly Soviet musical culture G Music was difficult to censor because of it’s abstraction compared to physical art forms. G Nationalized conservatories, publishing houses and theatres. G Confiscated valuable instruments from private collections and aristocrats.

14. “Sovietization” of Music G There was only one radio station in all of Russia. G Comintern Radio G There was only one radio station in all of Russia. G Comintern Radio

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

16. Works Cited " Google Image Result for http://www.classical-composers.org/img/prokofiev.jpg." Google. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.classical- composers.org/img/prokofiev.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.classical- composers.org/comp/prokofie&h=333&w=234&sz=12&tbnid=imcj5BsMq4oYBM:&tbnh=266&tbnw=187 &prev=/images%3Fq%3Dimages%2Bof%2BProkofiev&zoom=1 (accessed December 19, 2010). " 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/stravin sky.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/stravinsky.php&h=280&w=230&sz=32&t bnid=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/Shostakov ich_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). "Classical Music in Soviet Russia." NewsMax.com: America's News Page - News Archives. http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/11/24/85758.shtml (accessed December 18, 2010). Cowell, Henry. "Music in Soviet Russia." JSTOR: Russian Review, Vol. 1. No. 2, (April.,1942), pp. 74- 79. http://www.jstor.org/stable/125204 (accessed December 7, 2010). " Google Image Result for http://www.classical-composers.org/img/prokofiev.jpg." Google. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.classical- composers.org/img/prokofiev.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.classical- composers.org/comp/prokofie&h=333&w=234&sz=12&tbnid=imcj5BsMq4oYBM:&tbnh=266&tbnw=187 &prev=/images%3Fq%3Dimages%2Bof%2BProkofiev&zoom=1 (accessed December 19, 2010). " 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/stravin sky.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/stravinsky.php&h=280&w=230&sz=32&t bnid=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/Shostakov ich_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). "Classical Music in Soviet Russia." NewsMax.com: America's News Page - News Archives. http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/11/24/85758.shtml (accessed December 18, 2010). Cowell, Henry. "Music in Soviet Russia." JSTOR: Russian Review, Vol. 1. No. 2, (April.,1942), pp. 74- 79. http://www.jstor.org/stable/125204 (accessed December 7, 2010).

17. 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). "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). Schwarz, Boris. Music and musical life in Soviet Russia, 1917-1970. New York: W. W. Norton, 1972. "Sergei Prokofiev - an overview of the classical composer." mfiles. www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/Sergei-Prokofiev.htm (accessed December 8, 2010). Smrz, Jiri. "Symphonic Marxism: Sovietizing Pre-Revolutionary Russian Music Under Stalin." Discourses in Music. http://www.discourses.ca/v4n3a1.html (accessed January 2, 2011). 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). "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). Schwarz, Boris. Music and musical life in Soviet Russia, 1917-1970. New York: W. W. Norton, 1972. "Sergei Prokofiev - an overview of the classical composer." mfiles. www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/Sergei-Prokofiev.htm (accessed December 8, 2010). Smrz, Jiri. "Symphonic Marxism: Sovietizing Pre-Revolutionary Russian Music Under Stalin." Discourses in Music. http://www.discourses.ca/v4n3a1.html (accessed January 2, 2011).

18. Works Cited (cont.) G "YouTube- Shostakovich Festive Overture Op 96 Live @ Nobel Prize Concert 2009." YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDZTah8J2A (accessed January 2, 2011). G "YouTube-The Rite of Spring Part 1." YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjX3oAwv_Fs&feature=related (accessed January 2, 2011). G "YouTube- Shostakovich Festive Overture Op 96 Live @ Nobel Prize Concert 2009." YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDZTah8J2A (accessed January 2, 2011). G "YouTube-The Rite of Spring Part 1." YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjX3oAwv_Fs&feature=related (accessed January 2, 2011).