Musicology course by Marina Frolova-Walker at the Liszt Academy

Time and place:

I. Music and Soviet Power in the 1920s

17 November 2016 (Thu) 3.30 p.m. to 6.05 p.m.

Liszt Academy Main Building, Room I
(8 Liszt Ferenc Square) 

II. Shostakovich and The Lady Macbeth Affair

 18 November 2016 (Fri) 10 a.m. to 12.35 p.m.

Liszt Academy Main Building, Room I
(8 Liszt Ferenc Square)

III. Socialist Realism and the Stalin Prize

18 November 2016 (Fri) 2 p.m. to 4.35 p.m.

Liszt Academy Main Building, Room I
(8 Liszt Ferenc Square) 

IV. The 1948 Resolution and its aftermath; The Cold War context

19 November 2016 (Sat) 10 a.m. to 12.35 p.m.

Liszt Academy Ligeti Building, Room 022
(52 Wesselényi Street) 

Participation:

All interested are welcome to audit the entire course or parts of it. Students of musicology can earn credits for participation.

Registration:

Registration is not necessary for auditing Liszt Academy students, professors and administrative staff members. Participants not affiliated with the Liszt Academy are required to register for the course by e-mail with Ms. Éva Gyöngy Máte at mate.eva.gyongy[at]lisztacademy.hu. Please include in your letter: participant's name, current university / workplace. Subject line: FROLOVA

Topics:

This is an introductory course about the relation between music and politics in Soviet Russia and Soviet Union, in the three and a half centuries from the Bolshevik Revolution to Stalin’s death. The following topics are discussed in detailed: music in the twenties, Shostakovich’s situation and the reception of his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Social Realism, the 1948 soviet decree on music and its effect (1948 Revolution), and the Stalin Prize awarded to esteemed musicians.