1. Can Music Be Political?
This obtained a satisfactory effect for that particular audience, but was never completely successful as the music was composed against a set of conditions, and few works provoked any interest beyond the boundaries of Russia, unlike before the revolution. ... Another Soviet composer to have been highly debated was Prokofiev, whose music caused major controversy at the time of its first performance due to his own personal views in that they differed from them of Stalin. ... "Carmina Burana" had originally been torn to shreds by Herbert Gerigk, the influential critic of the Volkischer Beobacht...
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