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This book takes a journey through 20th-century Georgian art music, which reflects the turbulence of the country’s history, from its short independence (1918-1921) and the Soviet occupation (1921-1991) to the collapse of the Soviet Union.The monograph shows how the roots of the Georgian art music were shaped in the works of the first generation of composers (Paliashvili, Dolidze, Sulkhanishvili), and how the introduction of socialist realism made an imprint on the development of art music. The subsequent shift from socialist realism is also explored through the works of the 1960s generation (Kancheli, Gabunia, Nasidze, unofficial composers and others). This book’s examination of Georgia’s (as a former Soviet republic) musical legacy might be used as an important stimulus for Eastern European studies, as well as the study of musicology.

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Nana Sharikadze, PhD, is a musicologist, Associate Professor and the Rector of the V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Georgia. She has published 40 articles focused on 20th century music, totalitarian regimes and music, and the music of the cold war. Sharikadze‘s research has been supported by the Georgian President Scholarship (2002-2004), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2012), the Polish Institute of Culture in Tbilisi (2018, 2019) and the Thesaurus Poloniae scholarship program (2022). She is a member of the Georgian Composers and Musicologists National Union, and was a member of the Higher Educational Institutions Authorization Council of Georgia (2017-2018). In 2022, she was awarded the silver Medal to Merit Culture Gloria Artis for the development of Georgian-Polish cultural relationships by the order of the Minister of Culture of Poland.

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