The Commissar Vanishes
This article is about the book. For the man commonly referred to as the "Vanishing Commissar", see Nikolai Yezhov.
| Author | David King |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | art, history |
| Publisher |
Canongate Books Ltd (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt (United States) |
Publication date | October 1997 |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 978-0-86241-724-6 |
| OCLC | 59592918 |
| Music for David King's Book The Commissar Vanishes The Fall of Icarus | ||||
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| Studio album by Michael Nyman | ||||
| Released |
8 November 1999 (United Kingdom) November 18, 1999 (United States) | |||
| Genre | Contemporary classical, minimalism | |||
| Label | Virgin Venture, EMI | |||
| Michael Nyman chronology | ||||
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The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia is a 1997 book by David King about the censoring of photographs in Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union through silent alteration via airbrushing and other techniques. It has an introduction by Stephen F. Cohen.[1]
Michael Nyman created a companion album of the same title in 1999. The second disc of the two-disc album contains The Fall of Icarus, the score to an eponymous art installation by Peter Greenaway from 1986 which had previously been unreleased. The first disc, The Commissar Vanishes, is a version of The Fall of Icarus that has been defaced similarly to the photographs reproduced in King's book.
Track listing
Disc 1: The Commissar Vanishes
- Earth In Turmoil
- Jealousy And Revenge
- Look Out For An Enemy!
- Ordinary Citizens
- A Swift Exit
Disc: 2: The Fall of Icarus
- Disaster
- Wings
- Walls
- Water
- Utopia
References
- ↑ The Commissar Vanishes: Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin’s Russia Reviewed by Tamara Machmut-Jhashi (Oakland University). Published on H-Russia (November, 1998)
External links
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