Soviet Composers and the Development of Soviet Music

Stanley Dale Krebs was the first American to be enrolled at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and whose works were played in America and abroad. He was conductor of the Santa Maria (California) Symphony Orchestra, and was Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• Part 1. Soviet Russian Cultural Ideology and Music 1. Before October 2. Axes of Development 3. Music and Politicians: Lunacharsky and Others 4. Music and Revolution: 1917–32 5. Music and Reaction: 1932– Part 2. The Older Generation of Soviet Composers 6. Ippolitov-Ivanov 7. Reinhold Gliere 8. Sergei Vasilenko 9. Boris Asaf’ev 10. Nikolai Miaskovsky 11. Dmitrii Arakishvili 12. Uzeir Gadzhibekov 13. Sergei Prokofieff Part 3. The Middle Generation of Soviet Composers 14. Iurii Shaporin 15. Dmitrii Shostakovich 16. Vissarion Shebalin 17. Aram Khachaturian 18. Dmitrii Kabalevsky 19. Tikhon Khrennikov 20. Georgii Sviridov 21. Andrei Balanchivadze Part 4. The Younger Generation of Soviet Composers 22. Rodion Shchedrin 23. German Galynin 24. Otar Taktakishvili 25. Kara Karaev 26. Fikret Amirov 27. Other Young Composers