02576oam 22004934a 450 991055275430332120230621140830.0(CKB)5600000000015482(OCoLC)1288407683(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94931(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88429(oapen)doab88429(EXLCZ)99560000000001548219831206d1984 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSongs to Seven StringsRussian Guitar Poetry and Soviet "Mass Song" /Gerald Stanton SmithIndiana University Press19841984.Indiana University Press,Bloomington :1 online resource (xiii, 271 p.) : ports. ;Includes index.0-253-06147-4 Bibliography: p. 251-265.In the early 1960s, searching for a fresh style and a new way of bringing their words to the Soviet public, a number of Russian poets began singing their verse to their own solo accompaniment on the traditional seven-stringed guitar. At about the same time, tape recorders became widely available in the USSR. Privately recorded and circulated on tape—a process called magnitizdat—guitar poetry quickly became the most popular form of dissident culture in the post-Stalin period. The guitar poets and their songs are known and loved throughout the USSR. Songs to Seven Strings is the first book in any language about this unusual literary genre. Smith places guitar poetry within the context of official "mass song"; "middle ground" songs, where official and unofficial cultures overlap; and the strong underground traditions of the gypsy song, cruel romance, and criminal song.Popular cultureSoviet UnionPopular musicSoviet UnionHistory and criticismUnderground literatureSoviet UnionHistory and criticismProtest poetry, RussianHistory and criticismElectronic books. Popular culturePopular musicHistory and criticism.Underground literatureHistory and criticism.Protest poetry, RussianHistory and criticism.891.71/044/09Smith Gerald Stanton400493MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910552754303321Songs to Seven Strings2804460UNINA