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In 1936 the Mongolian socialist government decreed the
establishment of a film industry with the principal aim of
disseminating propaganda to the largely nomadic population. The
government sent promising young rural Mongolian musicians to Soviet
conservatoires to be trained formally as composers. On their return
they utilised their traditional Mongolian musical backgrounds and
the musical skills learned during their studies to compose scores
to the 167 propaganda films produced by the state film studio
between 1938 and 1990. Lucy M. Rees provides an overview of the
rich mosaic of music genres that appeared in these film
soundtracks, including symphonic music influenced by Western art
music, modified forms of Mongolian traditional music, and a new
genre known as 'professional music' that combined both symphonic
and Mongolian traditional characteristics. Case studies of key
composers and film scores are presented, demonstrating the
influence of cultural policy on film music and showing how film
scores complemented the ideological message of the films. There are
discussions of films that celebrate the 1921 Revolution that led to
Mongolia becoming a socialist nation, those that foreshadowed the
1990 Democratic Revolution that drew the socialist era to a close,
and the diverse range of films and scores produced after 1990 in
the aftermath of the socialist regime.
In 1936 the Mongolian socialist government decreed the
establishment of a film industry with the principal aim of
disseminating propaganda to the largely nomadic population. The
government sent promising young rural Mongolian musicians to Soviet
conservatoires to be trained formally as composers. On their return
they utilised their traditional Mongolian musical backgrounds and
the musical skills learned during their studies to compose scores
to the 167 propaganda films produced by the state film studio
between 1938 and 1990. Lucy M. Rees provides an overview of the
rich mosaic of music genres that appeared in these film
soundtracks, including symphonic music influenced by Western art
music, modified forms of Mongolian traditional music, and a new
genre known as 'professional music' that combined both symphonic
and Mongolian traditional characteristics. Case studies of key
composers and film scores are presented, demonstrating the
influence of cultural policy on film music and showing how film
scores complemented the ideological message of the films. There are
discussions of films that celebrate the 1921 Revolution that led to
Mongolia becoming a socialist nation, those that foreshadowed the
1990 Democratic Revolution that drew the socialist era to a close,
and the diverse range of films and scores produced after 1990 in
the aftermath of the socialist regime.
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