Music and Change in the Eastern Baltics Before and After 1989

Published by Academic Studies Press 2022

Music and Change in the Eastern Baltics Before and After 1989

Edited by: Rūta Stanevičiūtė and Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz

In the series Studies in the History and Sociology of Music

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644698952

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This volume provides a transnational study of the impact of musical cultures in the Eastern Baltics—Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Russia—at the end of the Cold War and in the early post-Communist period.

Author / Editor information

Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz is a music theorist, head of the Department of Theory and Interpretation of Musical Work at Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, Krakow, a member of the editorial board of the journal Theory of Music, and professor at the Academy of Music, Krakow. She is the author of Vytautas Bacevićius i jego idee muzyki kosmicznej (2001) and Poetyka muzyczna Karola Szymanowskiego. Studia i interpretacje (2013).

Rūta Stanevičiūtė is a musicologist, director of the Research Centre at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, and a chief-editor of the journal Lithuanian Musicology. She is the author of The Figures of Modernity: The International Society for Contemporary Music and the Spread of Musical Modernism in Lithuania (VDA, 2015), and the co-author of Nylon Curtain: Cold War, International Exchange and Lithuanian Music (LMTA, 2018), and Sound Utopias: Lithuanian Music Modernization in Context (2021).

Reviews

“This collection evokes a rich music historiography, underscoring the value of focusing on scenes and local events, notably highlighted by Karnes. It features a methodological emphasis on network-driven analysis, facilitating a comparative exploration of intricate musical interconnections. Furthermore, several discussions, especially by Schmelz, accentuate the perpetual flux in interpretive meanings, particularly regarding concepts such as ‘freedom’. They elucidate the continuous reinvention and dynamic nature of these ideas for both scholars and the musicians they study. Collectively, these significant perspectives intertwine, offering a multifaceted lens to comprehend the complex musical narratives within the Eastern Baltics.”

— Živilė Arnašiūtė, SEER

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction Rūta Stanevičiūtė and Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND MUSICIANS’ NETWORKING
CHAPTER 1 From Ignorance to Familiarity: Lithuanian and Polish Musical Networking During the Cold War Rūta Stanevičiūtė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
CHAPTER 2 On Forms of Memory and Freedom in Polish and Lithuanian Music before and after 1989 Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
CHAPTER 3 The Musical Meetings in Baranów and Sandomierz as Oases of Freedom Dominika Micał Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
CHAPTER 4 Rebellion and Identity: A Generational Breakthrough in Polish Music in the 1970s Kinga Kiwała Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Part Two THE MUSICAL EXPRESSION OF CULTURAL AND POLITICAL LIBERATION
CHAPTER 5 The Idea of Freedom in Krzysztof Penderecki’s Works: From Experience to Expression Iwona Sowińska-Fruhtrunk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
CHAPTER 6 Nodes and Turning Points in the Life and Art of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki as a Resonance of Polish Politics and History in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century Teresa Malecka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
CHAPTER 7 The Dimensions of Freedom in Wojciech Marczewski’s Movie Escape from the “Liberty” Cinema and Witold Leszczyński’s Siekierezada (Axiliad): Music Functions in Films Ewa Czachorowska-Zygor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
CHAPTER 8 Lithuanian Music in Transition: Independent Festivals of the 1980s and 1990s Vita Gruodytė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Part Three MUSIC AND POLITICS BEFORE AND AFTER THE FALL
CHAPTER 9 Disco Culture and the Ritual Journey in the Soviet 1980s Kevin C. Karnes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
CHAPTER 10 The Ganelin Trio, Rova Saxophone Quartet, and US-Soviet Cultural Exchanges in the 1980s Peter J. Schmelz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
CHAPTER 11 On the Other Side of Freedom: The Band Miłość and the Polish Yass Scene Andrzej Mądro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296
CHAPTER 12 Critics’ Choice: New Russian Music Criticism and Leonid Desyatnikov Olga Manulkina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308
Editors and Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341

Language: English
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 362
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 45
Keywords: Musicology; Polish Music; Lithuanian Music; Krzysztof Penderecki; Henryk Mikołaj Górecki; Music and politics; Wojciech Marczewski; music and film; culture; musical criticism; Eastern Baltics; Lativian Music; Russian Music; ethnomusicology

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Published: November 15, 2022
ISBN: 9781644698952