Music and Change in the Eastern Baltics Before and After 1989

This volume provides a transnational study of the impact of musicalcultures in the Eastern Baltics Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Russia at the end of theCold War and in the early post-Communist period. Throughout the book, thecontributors explore and conceptualize transnational musical collaboration and thedi?usion of information,people, and ideas focusing on musical activity which shaped the moral and artisticoutlook of several generations. The volume sheds light on the transformative power of politically and socially engaged music and o?ersa deeper understanding of the artistic potential of societies and its impact on social and politicalchange.