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On the Music Front. Socialist-Realist Discourse on Music in Poland, 1948?1955 is a monograph on one of the key aspects of Poland?s musical culture during the Stalinist period. Among the many texts analysed in this book are addresses given by leading party officials, minutes of musical meetings and conferences, talks before informal?get-to-know-the-music? concerts, and papers on aesthetics and music history. Detailed discussion is devoted to the musicological works of Zofia Lissa, to productions of Stanis?aw Moniuszko?s operas directed by Leon Schiller, to museum exhibitions on music history, and to the mega-production of the Polish Socialist-Realist film, Chopin?s Youth, directed by Aleksander Ford.

Communism and music --- Music --- Music and state --- History and criticism.

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"This volume provides a transnational study of the impact of musical cultures in the Eastern Baltics--Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Russia--at the end of the Cold War and in the early post-Communist period. Throughout the book, the contributors explore and conceptualize transnational musical collaboration and the diffusion of information, people, and ideas focusing on musical activity which shaped the moral and artistic outlook of several generations. The volume sheds light on the transformative power of politically and socially engaged music and offers a deeper understanding of the artistic potential of societies and its impact on social and political change."--Page 4 of cover.

Communism and music --- Communism and music. --- Communisme et musique --- Manners and customs. --- Music --- Musique --- Political aspects --- History --- Political aspects. --- Social aspects --- Social aspects. --- Aspect politique --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- Since 1991. --- Baltic States --- Baltic States. --- Pays baltes --- Social life and customs.

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During the sixteen critical years of tumultuous artistic upheaval from 1932-1948, the Soviet Union's cultural authorities strove diligently to establish and refine a functional administrative infrastructure with which to direct and control Soviet Music. Yet in reality, this music policy system did not function as it had been intended to, which was to ensure the creation of Soviet operas acceptable to the Party. Because the agencies controlling the operas could not define which style best represented Socialist Realism, the music policy failed to establish adequate centralized control of Soviet

Communism and music -- Soviet Union. --- Music -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union. --- Music -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism. --- Music and state -- Soviet Union. --- Opera -- Soviet Union. --- Socialist realism in music. --- Soviet Union -- Cultural policy. --- Music and state --- Music --- Opera --- Socialist realism in music --- Communism and music --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Music Philosophy --- Music and communism --- State and music --- Cultural policy --- Political aspects --- History and criticism --- Social aspects --- Soviet Union --- Cultural policy.

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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.

Music --- History and criticism. --- Bush, Alan, --- Bush, Alan Dudley, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Communism and music --- Political aspects --- History --- Political activity. --- Music and communism --- Art music --- Art music, Western --- Classical music --- Musical compositions --- Musical works --- Serious music --- Western art music --- Western music (Western countries)

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Music and state --- Music --- Opera --- Socialist realism in music --- Communism and music --- Musique --- Opéra --- Réalisme socialiste dans la musique --- Communisme et musique --- Political aspects --- History and criticism. --- Politique gouvernementale --- Aspect politique --- Histoire et critique --- Soviet Union --- URSS --- Cultural policy. --- Politique culturelle