Music History without Blinders
Dorothea Redepenning on Soviet Music
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
For decades, the discussion of Soviet music was shaped by political bias. With her substantive narrative of Soviet music history, Dorothea Redepenning overcomes this shortcoming. Redepenning understands Russian and Soviet music as an integral component of European music history. Her book captivates through its wealth of material, meticulousness, and readability and encourages a continued preoccupation with the subject.
(Osteuropa 4/2009, pp. 43–46)