Conceptualizing Revolution in Music: Political Concepts in Soviet Music Discussions, 1917-1939

This book offers an illuminating account on the development of Soviet music and music political discussions in the 1920s and the 1930s. It examines the discussions on Soviet music in close relation both to pre-revolutionary cultural ideas of Russia and political demands of the newly established Soviet state.

Jari Parkkinen completed his PhD at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2022.