Abstract
This article is the first critical examination of any of Sollertinsky's writings on music. It takes as 'Aesopian' look at his 1932 Mahler monograph, arguing that, by ostensibly categorising him as an unsuitable model for Soviet composers owing to his Romantic world-view, Sollertinsky on another level presents him as an ideologically acceptable 'fellow traveller', whose 'democratic' appraoch to musical language could serve as a model for Soviet composers, in particular Shostakovich.
| Translated title of the contribution | Mahler Reconstructed: Sollertinsky and the Soviet Symphony |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 367 - 390 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Musical Quarterly |
| Volume | 85 (2) |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2001 |