Cold War and Music: From the Soviet View Point

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370177
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Art at large
• Research Institution: Kogakuin University
• Principal Investigator: UMETSU NORIO 工学院大学, 教育推進機構, 講師 (20323462)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ソ連 / 冷戦 / 音楽 / 文化交流 / 雪どけ / 古典 / 前衛 / ロシア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

At the height of the Cold War, the Eastern and Western camps were fighting furiously in the field of serious music. In the Soviet Union, the avant-garde of the West was condemned as decadent, the conservatism of the East, which was represented by the tonal music, had continued to be criticized as a symbol of the cultural control. However, after the Thaw period, the cultural exchange had began between both camps, while continuing confrontation. The confrontation was based on a common sense of values that respects the classical art.

Free Research Field

表象文化論・ソ連文化史