Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin Music Books Engage little ones through sound

Engage little ones through sound

The first major American publication on this important contemporary sculptor

the witching hour

from the gay popular singer arrested at the height of his popularity to the blacklisted composer who wrote music on scrap paper in a forced labour camp

Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin Music Books Engage little ones through soundWhen Stalin came to power, making music became a dangerous endeavour. Russian composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic production was scrutinized for potential subversion. The Sound of Utopia offers a vivid portrait of Soviet musicians and composers struggling to create art in this climate of terror. Some successfully toed the ideological line, diluting their work in the process; others ended up facing the