Levon Hakobian, born 1953 in Yerevan, Armenia, is Head of the Department of Music Theory at the State Institute of Art Studies, Moscow, Russia. He has published widely on a number of topics, including Soviet Music, 20th century composers, medieval Armenian sacred chants, and topical problems of musical science.
PART I. REMAINDERS OF THE SILVER AGE AND THE STURM UND DRANG OF SOVIET
MODERNISM
I.1. The Distribution of Forces on the Musical Scene During the Early
Post-Revolutionary Period
I.2. The Rise of Shostakovich
PART II. MUSIC UNDER STALIN
II.1. The Beginnings of the 'Big Soviet Style'. Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth
of Mtzensk District and the First Offensives on 'Formalism'
II.2. The Second Half of the Thirties; the Period of 'Maturity' of Soviet
Music
II.3. The War and Early Post-War Years
II.4. The Year 1948 and After
PART III. THE YEAR 1953 AND AFTER: THE 'BRONZE AGE'
III.1. Introduction: the Progress of Events
III.2. Shostakovich in 1953-75
III.3. Shostakovich's Disciples
III.4. The Avant-Garde of Moscow: the 'Great Three' and Other Major Figures
III.5. Innovative Tendencies Outside Russia
III.6. Some 'Independents' and 'Middle-Roads'
