Sounds Beyond av Kevin C. Karnes

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Sounds Beyond¿charts the origins of Arvo Pärt¿s most famous music, which was¿created in dialogue with¿underground creative¿circles¿in¿the USSR.¿In¿Sounds Beyond, Kevin C. Karnes¿studies¿the interconnected¿alternative¿music and art scenes in the USSR during the second half of the 1970s,¿revealing¿the audacious origins of some of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt¿s most famous music.¿Karnes shows how Pärt¿s work¿was created¿within¿a vital yet forgotten culture of collective experimentation,¿the Soviet¿underground.¿¿Mining archives and oral history from across the former USSR,¿Sounds Beyond¿carefully situates modes of¿creative¿experimentation¿within their¿late socialist contexts.¿In documenting Pärt¿s work, Karnes reveals¿the¿rich creative culture¿that¿thrived covertly¿in the¿USSR¿and¿the network of¿figures¿that made underground performances possible: students, audio engineers,¿sympathetic administrators, star performers, and aspiring DJs.¿Sounds Beyond¿advances a¿new understanding of Pärt¿s mu