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The Red Baton, Scenes from Musical Life in Soviet Russia With Guennadi Rojdestvenski

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Key witnesses shed light on an essential part of the history of music.

"In the Soviet Union, from 1917 to 1990, in an extremely difficult context, one of terror even, there developed one of the most intense and richest musical environments of the 20th century…," writes Bruno Monsaingeon. A fascinating mystery that Monsaingeon attempts to elucidate in his film.

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Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Conductor

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Directed by:
- Bruno Monsaingeon
Production date: 2004
Duration: 55 min
Production: © Idéale Audience / IMG Artists / Arte France
Available version(s): FR, EN

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Music, History, and Politics The Musical Life in Former USSR A Series of Portraits by Bruno Monsaingeon Russian composers and musicians under the Soviet regime

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