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Creative Union: The Professional Organization of Soviet Composers, 1939-1953.

Publication: Notes
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Creative Union: The Professional Organization of Soviet Composers, 1939-1953.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Creative Union: The Professional Organization of Soviet Composers, 1939-1953. By Kiril Tomoff. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006. [xiv, 321 p. ISBN 0-801444-11-X. $57.50.] Tables, bibliographic notes, index.

Kiril Tomoff's Creative Union represents a milestone in the literature on the musical life of the Stalin-era Soviet Union by addressing for the first time the need for a comprehensive study of the Soviet Composers' Union. Tomoff embarks on a detailed examination of the workings and evolution of the Union from its inception in 1939 through the death of Stalin in 1953 that aims at a more nuanced and complete view of the Soviet musical world. This examination moves beyond the activities and struggles of individual composers to consider the composition and production of music in the Soviet Union as a profession. Creative unions served a central role in Soviet musical life, and in the case of music, they provided the forum for the creation and dissemination of a distinct musical culture.

One of the key themes of Creative Union is how the Soviet Composers' Union brought together musical authorities and harnessed their expertise to control Soviet musical production. Tomoff argues that music's nonrepresentational nature made members of the Party elite more cautious when it came to...

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