Dmitry Shostakovich And Music For Stalinist Cinema 19361953 1st Edition Joan Titus by Joan Titus 9780197611326, 9780197611340, 9780197611357, 019761132X, 0197611346, 0197611354 instant download after payment.

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.

"This essential book, the second in Titus's ambitious Shostakovich film music trilogy, builds on her highly successful first installment by pressing forward through a crucial time in Soviet history: the late 1930s, World War II, and the postwar period, ending with Stalin's death in 1953. Impressively interdisciplinary, it is packed with intriguing historical, musical, and filmic observations and interpretations." - Peter J. Schmelz, author of Sonic Overload: Alfred Schnittke, Valentin Silvestrov, and Polystylism in the late USSR