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[PIONEERS] Pionerskii teatr: P'esy, inscenirovki, stikhi i pesni sovetskikh pisatelei i kompozitorov [Pioneer Theater: Plays, Dramatizations, Poems, and Songs by Soviet Writers and Composers]

Gorodisskaya, S., Iordansky, M., & Shiryaeva, V.

Item #2872

Moscow: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1946. 216 pp., illustrated, including musical notation throughout. 20x15 cm Original publisher’s illustrated binding. Near fine.

First edition.

Comprehensive anthology intended for use in Soviet Pioneer organizations, schools, youth clubs, and amateur theatrical circles during the immediate post-war period. The volume brings together plays, dramatizations, poems, songs, and performance materials by Soviet writers and composers, reflecting the important role assigned to theatrical and musical activities within the system of Soviet youth education. Such publications were designed to provide ready-made repertoire for celebrations, school performances, patriotic commemorations, and collective cultural activities, while simultaneously promoting Soviet ideological values through literature, music, and performance.

Issued in the first year following the conclusion of the Second World War, the anthology reflects the renewed emphasis on patriotic education and the cultural mobilization of Soviet youth. The Pioneer movement occupied a central place in this process, using drama, recitation, and song to cultivate collective identity, discipline, civic responsibility, and loyalty to the Soviet state. Volumes of this type served as practical manuals for teachers, Pioneer leaders, and cultural organizers throughout the USSR.

The book is illustrated by Iosif Girshevich Bryulin, Viktor Isaevich Tauber, A. Shcherbakov, and V. Ermolov. Bryulin was a Soviet graphic artist and illustrator active in children's publishing and educational literature, while Tauber contributed to a broad range of Soviet illustrated books and periodicals. Their illustrations complement the theatrical and educational character of the volume, visually reinforcing its function as a practical handbook for youth performance activities in the post-war Soviet Union.

Price: $350.00