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Schnittke Reader

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ISBN-10: 0253338182

ISBN-13: 9780253338181

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alfred Schnittke, Alfred Schnittke, Alexander Ivashkin, Alfred Schnittke, Alexander Ivashkin

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The compositions of Alfred Schnittke are known for their exquisite construction, their unlikely embrace of material from disprate souces, their predisposition for melancholia, and their tremendous beauty. This title explores his life and work.
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Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 8/16/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

Alfred Schnittke was one of the great composers of the twentieth century.Alexander Ivashkin is Professor of Music and Director of the Centre for Russian Music at the University of London. A cellist, he often performs works by Schnittke.Translator John Goodliffe is based in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Foreword
Translator's Note
Introduction
Chronology
Schnittke Speaks about Himself
From Conversations with Alexander Ivashkin (1985-1994)
Schnittke on the Lenin Prize
Letter to the Lenin Prize Committee (1990)
Schnittke on His Own Compositions
On Concerto Grosso No. 1 (late 1970s)
On the Fourth Symphony (1984)
On Film and Film Music (1972, 1984, 1989)
On Staging Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades (1977)
Schnittke on Creative Artists
On Shostakovich: Circles of Influence (1975)
On Prokofiev (1990)
On Gubaidulina (1970s)
On Kancheli (1982, 1991)
In Memory of Filip Moiseevich Gershkovich (1988)
On Sviatoslav Richter (1985)
On Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (1991)
Subjective Notes on an Objective Performance (on Alexei Liubimov) (1973)
On Viktor Yerofeev (1988)
On the Paintings of Vladimir Yankilevsky (1987)
Schnittke on Twentieth-Century Music
Polystylistic Tendencies in Modern Music (c. 1971)
The Orchestra and the New Music (early 1970s)
The Problem of Giving Outward Expression to a New Idea (1982)
From Schnittke's Archive (1970s and 1980s)
On Jazz (1984)
Timbral Relationships and Their Functional Use: The Timbral Scale (1970s)
Klangfarbenmelodie - "Melody of Timbres" (1970s)
Functional Variability of Line in Orchestral Texture (1970s)
A New Approach to Composition: The Statistical Method (1970s)
Stereophonic Tendencies in Modern Orchestral Thinking (1970s)
Using Rhythm to Overcome Meter (1970s)
Static Form: A New Conception of Time (1970s)
Paradox as a Feature of Stravinsky's Musical Logic (1973)
Timbral Modulations in Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1970s)
The Principle of Uninterrupted Timbral Affinities in Webern's Orchestration of Bach's Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci (1970s)
The Third Movement of Berio's Sinfonia: Stylistic Counterpoint, Thematic and Formal Unity in Context of Polystylistics, Broadening the Concept of Thematicism (1970s)
Ligeti's Orchestral Micropolyphony (1970s)
Schnittke as Seen by Others
Gidon Kremer (1989)
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (1989)
Vladimir Yankilevsky (1989)
Mstislav Rostropovich (1990)
Mark Lubotsky (1998)
Index of Names and Titles