ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Transsiberian (Film), Music Of The Soviet Union
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Paradoxes within soviet rock & pop of the 1970s. Back in the ussr (1968: risky b/c of cold war. Soviet union = communist: ideology = swaying people"s opinions, wanted to go to soviet union but were not allowed to. Western culture = corrupt in eyes of soviet union. Many people in soviet union wanted to listen to western music out of their curiosity. Rock and roll in the rocket city: the west, identify, and ideology in soviet dneipropetrovsk, Music had to get past a ton of censors and people before being recorded. Tension between ideology and self-expression: aleksandra pakhmutova. Makes the first man in space like your neighbor . Structured like a popular song but lyrics do not necessarily connect. Urgent tone, kind of like a train: bursts of brass. Composer"s intention to what audience may want: manipulation tactic to appeal to youth. Idea of gap b/w childhood and adulthood determined by commercial in.
