Yes, that I know personally. I’m glad that other comrades are also interested in classical music, though I don’t think I know any myself. There is some very interesting history in classical music leading up to and during the Cold War; I am planning on reading The Cultural Cold War by Frances Stonor Saunders soon, which I hope will go into depth about this. There were a lot of “communists” that I think were funded by the CIA through the Congress for Cultural Freedom. From what I have read Aaron Copland may have been closer to ML, though I don’t know the details—there’s a biography that I’d like to read at some point. Of the course the USSR seems to have had an incredible musical culture but for most it is flattened into Shostakovich alone. That is a deep dive I’d like to get into as well. But I might need to know Russian for that one lol.
You mean, that you know personally? There are a lot of comrades that are interested in classical that are also communists.
Yes, that I know personally. I’m glad that other comrades are also interested in classical music, though I don’t think I know any myself. There is some very interesting history in classical music leading up to and during the Cold War; I am planning on reading The Cultural Cold War by Frances Stonor Saunders soon, which I hope will go into depth about this. There were a lot of “communists” that I think were funded by the CIA through the Congress for Cultural Freedom. From what I have read Aaron Copland may have been closer to ML, though I don’t know the details—there’s a biography that I’d like to read at some point. Of the course the USSR seems to have had an incredible musical culture but for most it is flattened into Shostakovich alone. That is a deep dive I’d like to get into as well. But I might need to know Russian for that one lol.
Same here.