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Vintage 1982 Soviet Cinema Monograph: "Dialogue on Film Music" by A. Petrov & N. Kolesnikova

For film score collectors, musicologists, and historians of Soviet cinema, this 1982 original Soviet hardcover monograph is a key theoretical text. Published in Moscow by Iskusstvo (Издательство «Искусство») within the "Filmmaker's Creative Laboratory" (Творческая лаборатория кинематографиста) series, Dialogue on Film Music (Диалог о киномузыке) was co-written by renowned Soviet film composer Andrei Petrov and music critic Natalia Kolesnikova.

This 175-page book explores the collaborative process between film directors, sound engineers, and composers in 20th-century Soviet filmmaking.

Commentary from Soviet Cinema Masters & Film Score Analysis

This volume offers direct reflections on film composition techniques across several eras of Soviet cinema:

• Conversations & Commentary: Includes contributions from directors Eldar Ryazanov, Georgiy Danelia, and Stanislav Rostotsky, alongside composers Eduard Artemyev, Mikael Tariverdiev, Gennady Gladkov, and sound director Viktor Babushkin.

• Evolution of Film Sound: From early silent film piano accompaniment (Тапёр) to orchestral cantata forms and early electronic synthesizers.

• Iconic Case Studies: In-depth breakdowns of Sergei Prokofiev's score for Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky, Eduard Artemyev's electronic synthesis of Bach for Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, and Andrei Petrov's famous waltz for Beware of the Car.

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Диалог о киномузыке (Dialogue on Film Music)

• Authors: Andrei Pavlovich Petrov (А. П. Петров) & Natalia Alexandrovna Kolesnikova (Н. А. Колесникова)

• Publisher: "Iskusstvo" Publishing House (Издательство «Искусство», Москва)

• Publication Date: 1982 (Moscow, USSR)

• Language: Russian

• Binding: Original publisher's hardcover

• Print Run / Circulation: 25,000 copies (Тираж 25000)

• Page Count: 175 pages, illustrated with photo plates

• Classification: Soviet Cinema History / Film Scoring & Musicology / Soviet Performing Arts

Condition & Preservation Report

• Exterior Condition: Hardcover boards are clean, flat, and rigid with minimal shelf wear along extremities.

• Binding Integrity: Exceptionally firm, square, and tight text block with sound hinges.

• Page & Plate Quality: Interior pages and photographic stills are clean and unmarked, showing light, uniform cream age-toning. Free from marginal notation, underlining, library stamps, or page creases.