Alan Bush, Modern Music, and the Cold War: The Cultural Left in Britain and the Communist Bloc (Music since 1900)

"The first major study of Alan Bush, this book provides new perspectives on twentieth-century music and communism. British communist, composer of politicised works, and friend of Soviet musicians, Bush proved to be 'a lightning rod' in the national musical culture. His radical vision for British music prompted serious reflections on aesthetics and the rights of artists to private political opinions, as well as influencing the development of state-sponsored music making in East Germany. Rejecting previous characterisations of Bush as political and musical Other, Joanna Bullivant traces his aesthetic project from its origins in the 1920s to its collapse in the 1970s, incorporating discussion of modernism, political song, music theory, opera, and Bush's response to the Soviet music crisis of 1948. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources, including recently released documents from MI5, this book constructs new perspectives on the 'cultural Cold War' through the lens of the individual artist."--Page 4 de la jaquette 01.0_pp_i_i_Alan_Bush_Modern_Music_and_the_Cold_War 02.0_pp_ii_iv_Music_since_1900 03.0_pp_v_v_Alan_Bush_Modern_Music_and_the_Cold_War 04.0_pp_vi_vi_Copyright_page 05.0_pp_vii_vii_Contents 06.0_pp_viii_viii_Figures 07.0_pp_ix_xiv_Music_Examples 08.0_pp_xv_xvi_Acknowledgements 09.0_pp_xvii_xviii_Abbreviations 10.0_pp_1_16_Introduction 11.0_pp_17_61_Bush_as_Modernist_Material_and_Performance 12.0_pp_62_95_Bush_as_Activist_The_Idea_of_Workers_Music 13.0_pp_96_115_Bush_as_Outsider_Music_and_Communism_in_Wartime 14.0_pp_116_138_Building_in_the_Rubble_The_Winter_Journey_and_Lidice 15.0_pp_139_176_Bush_as_Stalinist_The_Year_1948 16.0_pp_177_204_Bush_and_the_Self_Wat_Tylers_Rituals_of_Becoming 17.0_pp_205_244_Bush_and_East_Germany_Opera_Sex_and_the_Communist_Body 18.0_pp_245_251_Appendices 18.1_pp_245_245_Developments_in_CPGB_policy_193941 18.2_pp_246_248_Bush_Selected_Works_193947 18.3_pp_249_251_Wat_Tyler_Characters_and_Synopsis 19.0_pp_252_263_Select_Bibliography 20.0_pp_264_270_Index Joanna Bullivant. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.