Working on the Soviet Opera after 1936

Tatiana I. Naumenko

Abstract


The article deals with the attempt to create a Soviet classical opera. In 1936 shortly after the publication of the article «Muddle Instead of Music» the State Committee for Artistic Affairs headed by P.M. Kerzhentsev claimed responsibility for this ambitious project. Meetings in the Committee and musical theaters as well as meetings of composers and musical critics, articles in central and specialized publications were devoted to the discussion of newly created operas. Despite considerable efforts the opera was never created. The study is based on archival materials of the RGALI (Fund 962, list 3, folders 248, 259, 261, 270, 312).

 

Keywords: Soviet opera, the State Committee for Artistic Affairs, meetings with the chairman of the committee, archive materials of the RGALI.


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