Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism
- The Cambridge History of Music
- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Music Examples, Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Early History of Music Criticism
- Part II The Rise of the Press
- Part III Critical Influence and Influences
- Part IV Entering the Twentieth Century
- Part V New Areas
- Part VI Developments since the Second World War
- 29 Music Criticism in the USSR from Asafyev to Cherednichenko
- 30 The Feuilleton and Beyond: Criticism in the Federal Republic of Germany and Austria after the Second World War
- 31 Music Criticism in Italy in the Twentieth Century
- 32 Wider Still and Wider: British Music Criticism since the Second World War
- 33 Music Criticism in France since the Second World War
- 34 Old Divisions and New Debates: Music Criticism in Post-War America
- Postlude
- Bibliography
- Index
29 - Music Criticism in the USSR from Asafyev to Cherednichenko
from Part VI - Developments since the Second World War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2019
- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism
- The Cambridge History of Music
- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Music Examples, Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Early History of Music Criticism
- Part II The Rise of the Press
- Part III Critical Influence and Influences
- Part IV Entering the Twentieth Century
- Part V New Areas
- Part VI Developments since the Second World War
- 29 Music Criticism in the USSR from Asafyev to Cherednichenko
- 30 The Feuilleton and Beyond: Criticism in the Federal Republic of Germany and Austria after the Second World War
- 31 Music Criticism in Italy in the Twentieth Century
- 32 Wider Still and Wider: British Music Criticism since the Second World War
- 33 Music Criticism in France since the Second World War
- 34 Old Divisions and New Debates: Music Criticism in Post-War America
- Postlude
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The history of Soviet music is inextricably tied to the history of Soviet music criticism. The memorable inflection points of Soviet music history – political, social and musical – were usually spurred on or accompanied, often loudly, by published criticism. The most representative and notorious example is the official reaction to Dmitri Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. An article titled ‘Muddle Instead of Music’ [Sumbur vmesto muzyki] appeared in Pravda on 28 January 1936, signalling a stark shift in the fortunes of both work and composer. The criticism coincided with the worst moments of the Great Terror of 1936 and 1937 and encapsulated a new, harder line on artistic products. It set the precedent for future criticism. The Resolution of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of 10 February 1948 was supplemented by vituperative criticism in the press.
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- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism , pp. 571 - 589Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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