Dmitry Shostakovich and Music for Stalinist Cinema (1936-1953)
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 22 April 2025
- ISBN 9780197611326
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages360 pages
- Size 226x157x33 mm
- Weight 658 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 40 b&w halftones + 9 line illustrations 656
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Short description:
Following the first volume on Dmitry Shostakovich's early career and his emergence as the first composer for Soviet Russian cinema, this book examines Shostakovich's continued development as a film composer and his navigation of Stalinist cultural politics from 1936 to 1953.
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In her first volume, Joan Titus explored the early years of Dmitry Shostakovich's career as the first Russian musician to emerge as a composer for the Soviet cinema. In this second volume, Dmitry Shostakovich and Music for Stalinist Cinema (1936-1953), Titus explores Shostakovich's continued development as a preeminent Soviet film composer and his navigation of the Soviet film industry amidst the cultural politics of late Stalinism.
Based on archival materials and contemporaneous press, Titus combines musical analysis of eighteen scores with discussion of socio-cultural context and reception of his work. She frames the discussion using the concepts of the mainstream and middlebrow to highlight the complex role of Shostakovich's film music within Soviet arts culture. The composer's experience with diverse filmmakers, genres, and styles allowed him the opportunity to experiment with film scoring and musical meaning, which revealed his heterogenous and thorough knowledge of musical styles and his integration of classical and popular musical trends. This unusual and varied experience makes him an excellent case study for examining the development of the film composer within Soviet film industry during late Stalinism, and situates his scoring within an emerging global film music history.
Shostakovich composed music for over thirty films, and yet we know very little of it. In this eagerly-awaited second volume of her survey of Shostakovich's film music, Joan Titus persuasively shows that the loss is entirely ours. In this fascinating journey through the Stalin-era films, Titus proves an expert guide through the entangled territory of music in the service of propaganda.
Table of Contents:
Archives and Libraries Consulted
Note on Transliteration and Translation
About the Companion Website
1. Introduction
2. Between the Revolution and the Soviet
3. Facets of the Soviet
4. Youth, Gender, and the Soviet Hero(ine)
5. Heroes and Cold War Relations
6. Heroes and Stalin Cult Films
7. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
