Composers’ Unions and Cultural Policy in State Socialist Countries in the 1950s and 1960s
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/b23398" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/b23398</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/b23398" target="_blank" >10.3726/b23398</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Composers’ Unions and Cultural Policy in State Socialist Countries in the 1950s and 1960s
Original language description
This book examines the role of composers’ unions in shaping cultural life under state socialism in Central and Eastern Europe. Against the backdrop of shifting political regimes, it traces how these organisations navigated ideological demands, censorship, and artistic aspirations from the late Stalinist era to the Prague Spring. Based on extensive archival research, the chapters offer insights into institutional structures, leadership strategies, and the balance between state control and artistic initiative. The volume places national case studies in broader international contexts, showing how composers’ unions functioned both as instruments of power and as spaces of negotiation. Exploring their engagement with styles from socialist realism to avant-garde and popular music, the book reveals how these organisations reflected broader cultural struggles of the Cold War era and illuminates the interplay of art, ideology, and politics in societies striving to define their cultural identity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
B - Specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60403 - Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-19041S" target="_blank" >GA21-19041S: Composers' Unions and Cultural Policy in Socialist Countries in the 1950s and 1960s</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
ISBN
978-3-631-91538-7
Number of pages
392
Publisher name
Peter Lang Verlag
Place of publication
Berlin
UT code for WoS book
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