This article focuses on the influence of Western progressive rock music on some innovative members of the Union of Soviet Composers, who were open to new trends and influences. These Soviet composers’ interest in progressive rock was not only intellectual, but also had serious practical implications. During the 1970s, several composers made attempts to create original works following various styles of prog rock. Occasionally, they incorporated elements of prog rock into their otherwise experimental compositions. One can see the influences of prog rock in the works of prominent composers such as A. Pärt, S. Gubaidulina, V. Martynov, V. Silvestrov, V. Artemiev, G. Kancheli, and A. Schnittke. After discussing the development of the prog rock tradition in the USSR and dwelling on the peculiarities of prog rock as a genre, I focus on three works created by Soviet composers under the influence of prog traditions: the 4th Symphony for orchestra and rhythm section by Latvian composer Imants Kalniņš, which follows the traditions of symphonic rock; an avant-garde rock opera titled “Flemish Legend” by Leningrader Romuald Grinblat, written to the lyrics by dissident bard Yulii Kim and heavily influenced by the twelve-tone system; and a suite of art-rock songs titled “On the Wave of My Memory” composed by pop composer David Tukhmanov, based on the poems of poets with a “decadent” reputation in the Soviet ideological context. All of these composers had to create within the Soviet ideological restrictions on modern and rock music, in particular, and all of them had to engage in their own trickster-like antics to produce and perform their works. Although they are little remembered today, these works stand as unexpected and singular achievements of Soviet composers during complex times.

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苏联作曲家联盟的前卫摇滚

本文重点讨论西方前卫摇滚音乐对苏联作曲家联盟的一些创新成员的影响，他们对新趋势和影响持开放态度。这些苏联作曲家对前卫摇滚的兴趣不仅是智力上的，而且具有严重的实际意义。 20世纪70年代，多位作曲家尝试遵循各种前卫摇滚风格创作原创作品。有时，他们会将前卫摇滚元素融入到他们的实验作品中。人们可以在 A. Pärt、S. Gubaidulina、V. Martynov、V. Silvestrov、V. Artemiev、G. Kancheli 和 A. Schnittke 等著名作曲家的作品中看到前卫摇滚的影响。在讨论了苏联前卫摇滚传统的发展并详细阐述了前卫摇滚作为一种流派的特殊性之后，我重点介绍了苏联作曲家在前卫传统影响下创作的三部作品：管弦乐第四交响曲和拉脱维亚的节奏部分作曲家 Imants Kalniņš，遵循交响摇滚的传统；列宁格勒罗穆尔德·格林布拉特创作的前卫摇滚歌剧《佛兰德传说》，由持不同政见的吟游诗人尤利·金作词，深受十二音系统的影响；流行作曲家大卫·图赫马诺夫根据苏联意识形态背景下享有“颓废”声誉的诗人的诗歌创作了一套名为“我的记忆的浪潮”的艺术摇滚歌曲。所有这些作曲家都必须在苏联意识形态的限制下进行创作，特别是对现代音乐和摇滚音乐的限制，而且他们所有人都必须从事自己像骗子一样的滑稽动作来创作和表演他们的作品。尽管今天很少有人记得这些作品，但这些作品是苏联作曲家在复杂时期取得的意想不到的非凡成就。