Peter J Schmelz

Sonic Overload

Alfred Schnittke, Valentin Silvestrov, and Polystylism in the Late USSR

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Produktbeschreibung

Composers Alfred Schnittke and Valentin Silvestrov brought us some of the most memorable music of the late Soviet Union. Sonic Overload traces these composers' attempts to embrace all aspects of the contemporary soundscape, including influences of popular music, rock, and jazz, before they ultimately retreated to more refined sonic structures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 165mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780197541258
• ISBN-10: 0197541259
• Artikelnr.: 60142507

Autorenporträt

Peter J. Schmelz is Professor of Musicology at Arizona State University, and author of Alfred Schnittkeâs Concerto Grosso No. 1 (OUP, 2019) and Such Freedom, If Only Musical: Unofficial Soviet Music During the Thaw (OUP, 2009)

Inhaltsangabe

A Note on Transliterations and Translations
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1. Origins
1. The Soviet Culture of Collage
2. Schnittke's Path to Polystylism
3. Silvestrov the Centaur and Polystylism in the 1970s
Part 2. Embracing Polystylism
4. Kitsch
5. Popular Music, the Devil, and Aerobics
6. The Collage Wave Crests
Part 3. Rejecting Polystylism
7. Eschatology
8. Ghosts and Shadow Sounds
9. The Collage Wave Breaks: Late Thinking, Idiots, a Final Waltz
10. Legacies of Polystylistic Tendencies (Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday)
Conclusion. Genre, Style, Oblivion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index