{"product_id":"sounds-beyond-arvo-part-and-the-1970s-soviet-underground-hardcover","title":"Sounds Beyond: Arvo Pärt and the 1970s Soviet Underground - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin C. Karnes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSounds Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e charts the origins of Arvo Pärt's most famous music, which was created in dialogue with underground creative circles in the USSR. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSounds Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e, Kevin C. Karnes studies the interconnected alternative music and art scenes in the USSR during the second half of the 1970s, revealing the audacious origins of some of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's most famous music. Karnes shows how Pärt's work was created within a vital yet forgotten culture of collective experimentation, the Soviet underground. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mining archives and oral history from across the former USSR, \u003ci\u003eSounds Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e carefully situates modes of creative experimentation within their late socialist contexts. In documenting Pärt's work, Karnes reveals the rich creative culture that thrived covertly in the USSR and the network of figures that made underground performances possible: students, audio engineers, sympathetic administrators, star performers, and aspiring DJs. \u003ci\u003eSounds Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e advances a new understanding of Pärt's music as an expression of the aesthetic and religious commitments shared, nurtured, and celebrated by many in Soviet underground circles. At the same time, this story attests to the lasting power of Pärt's music. Dislodging the mythology of the solitary creative genius, Karnes shows that Pärt's work would be impossible without community.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin C. Karnes\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of music and associate dean for the arts at Emory University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eArvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Kingdom Not of This World: Wagner, the Arts, and Utopian Visions in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMusic, Criticism, and the Challenge of History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728428634175,"sku":"9780226801902","price":73.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/75cda54c3ee58bb697b61abc4aee7344.webp?v=1765118473","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sounds-beyond-arvo-part-and-the-1970s-soviet-underground-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}