TY - BOOK ID - 85466473 TI - Alan Bush, modern music, and the Cold War : the cultural left in Britain and the communist bloc PY - 2017 SN - 1108206115 1108214215 1108215564 1108216919 1108223664 1139519654 1108218261 1107033365 9781108223669 9781108218269 1108222315 9781108222310 9781139519656 9781108206112 9781108214216 9781108215565 9781108216913 9781107033368 1009158791 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Music KW - History and criticism. KW - Bush, Alan, KW - Bush, Alan Dudley, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Communism and music KW - Political aspects KW - History KW - Political activity. KW - Music and communism KW - Art music KW - Art music, Western KW - Classical music KW - Musical compositions KW - Musical works KW - Serious music KW - Western art music KW - Western music (Western countries) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85466473 AB - The first major study of Alan Bush, this book provides new perspectives on twentieth-century music and communism. British communist, composer of politicised works, and friend of Soviet musicians, Bush proved to be 'a lightning rod' in the national musical culture. His radical vision for British music prompted serious reflections on aesthetics and the rights of artists to private political opinions, as well as influencing the development of state-sponsored music making in East Germany. Rejecting previous characterisations of Bush as political and musical Other, Joanna Bullivant traces his aesthetic project from its origins in the 1920s to its collapse in the 1970s, incorporating discussion of modernism, political song, music theory, opera, and Bush's response to the Soviet music crisis of 1948. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources, including recently released documents from MI5, this book constructs new perspectives on the 'cultural Cold War' through the lens of the individual artist. ER -