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Few composers' posthumous reputations have grown as steadily as Shostakovich's. Yet outside the concert hall the focus of attention seems to have been on the extraordinary circumstances of his life rather than on the music itself. This book seeks to show that the power of his work stems as... read more
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First Sentence edit
What is a musicologist?
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgements;
1. Introduction: talking about eggs: musicology and Shostakovich David Fanning;
2. Public lies and unspeakable truth: interpreting Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony Richard Taruskin;
3. Form in Shostakovich's instrumental works Yuriy Kholopov;
4. Russian theorists on modality in Shostakovich's music Ellon D. Carpenter;
5.The cycle of structure and the cycle of meaning: the Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 67 Patrick McCreless;
6. Leitmotif in Lady Macbeth David Fanning;
7. From Lady Macbeth to Katerina: Shostakovich's versions and revisions Laurel E. Fay;
8. The Golden Age: the true story of the première Manashir Yakubov;
9. 'And art made tongue-tied by authority': Shostakovich's song-cycles Dorothea Redepenning;
10. A debt repaid? Some observations on Shostakovich and his late-period recognition of Britten Eric Roseberry;
11. Shostakovich and Schnittke: the erosion of symphonic syntax Alexander Ivashkin;
Index.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Cambridge Composer Studies. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Fanning (Editor)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: CUP
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 9780521452397
Page Count: 292
Publisher: CUP
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 9780521452397
Page Count: 292
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- Dewey: 780.92
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