Mūzika okupācijā [In Latvian - Music in Occupaid Latvia, 1940-1945]

Mūzika okupācijā [In Latvian - Music in Occupaid Latvia, 1940-1945]

by Arnolds Klotiņš (Editor and Coordinating Author)

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This publication looks at musical life in Latvia during two periods of its occupation in the early 1940s. The first is the period of occupation under Stalin's Soviet Union (June 1940 - June 1941), the second under Nazi Germany (June 1941 - May 1945).There is a large Summary in English by Laima Asja Bērziņa (603 - 648).

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    How does the book illustrate the ways totalitarian regimes attempt to co-opt art and culture for political propaganda during times of foreign occupation?

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    Considering the rapid transition from Soviet to Nazi occupation in Latvia, how did local musicians and composers adapt their professional and personal lives to survive under drastically shifting ideological pressures?

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