Gavin Dixon

The Routledge Handbook to the Music of Alfred Schnittke (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a comprehensive study of the work of one of the most important Russian composers of the late 20th century. Each piece is discussed in detail, with particular attention to the composer's groundbreaking polystylism, as well as his unique approach to musical symbolism and his deep engagement with Christian themes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000512205
• Artikelnr.: 63206484

Autorenporträt

Gavin Dixon is a writer and editor specialising in classical music. He is Editor of Schnittke Studies (Routledge 2017) and Music Editor of Fanfare, America's leading classical review magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER 1: ERAS AND TECHNIQUES STUDENT WORKS 1953
1963 SERIAL PERIOD 1963
1971 Serialism
Sonorism: Ligeti and the Polish School FUNEREAL AND RELIGIOUS WORKS 1972
1980 Funereal Works: Schnittke's Quiet Period
Religious Works
Liturgical Allusions in Instrumental Works
Representations of the Cross
Common
Mediant Chord Relations
Bells POLYSTYLISM 1968
1991 Representations of Evil: Popular Music and the Banal
Bach and the Baroque
Monograms
Harmonic and Contrapuntal Techniques
Non
tonal Triadic Relations
The [0,1,6,7] Pitch Set
Schnittke Stretto
Structural Innovations
Sonoristic Cadences
Coda as Exposition LATE STYLE 1985
1994 CHAPTER 2
STAGE WORKS BALLETS Introduction
Labyrinths
Der gelbe Klang
Gogol Suite and Sketches
Peer Gynt OPERAS Introduction
Life with an Idiot
Gesualdo
Historia von D. Johann Fausten THEATRE MUSIC CHAPTER 3: CHORAL WORKS Introduction
Nagasaki
Songs of War and Peace
Voices of Nature
Requiem
Der Sonnengesang des Franz von Assisi
Minnesang
Seid nüchtern und wachet... (Faust Cantata)
Three Choruses
Choir Concerto
Penitential Psalms
Opening Verse for the First Festival Sunday
Festive Chant
Agnus Dei
Lux Aeterna CHAPTER 4: SOLO VOCAL WORKS Introduction
Three Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva
10 Songs from Turandot
Eight Songs from Don Carlos
Magdalina's Song
Three Madrigals
Three Scenes
Drei Gedichte von Viktor Schnittke
Mutter
5 Fragments to Paintings by Hieronymus Bosch/Fragment for Orchestra CHAPTER 5
ORCHESTRAL WORKS SYMPHONIES Introduction
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2 'St Florian'
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Concerto Grosso No. 4/Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9
CONCERTOS AND CONCERTI GROSSI Introduction
Violin Concerto No. 1
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Music for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Violin Concerto No. 2
Concerto for Oboe and Harp
Cadenzas to Concertos by Beethoven and Mozart
Concerto Grosso No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 3
Concerto for Piano and Strings
Concerto Grosso No. 2
Violin Concerto No. 4
Concerto Grosso No. 3
Viola Concerto
Cello Concerto No. 1
Concerto for Piano Four Hands
Monologue for Viola and Strings
Cello Concerto No. 2
Concerto Grosso No. 5
Concerto Grosso No. 6
Concerto for Three
Viola Concerto No. 2 OTHER ORCHESTRAL WORKS pianissimo...
Passacaglia
Ritual
(Kein) Sommernachtstraum
Four Aphorisms for Chamber Orchestra
Sutartin¿s
Hommage a Grieg
Symphonic Prologue and For Liverpool CHAPTER 6: CHAMBER WORKS Introduction WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 2
String Quartet No. 3
String Quartet No. 4
Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky
Variations for String Quartet WORKS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO/VIOLIN DUET/VIOLIN SOLO Violin Sonata No. 1
Violin Sonata No. 2 (Quasi una Sonata)
Violin Sonata No. 3
Suite in the Old Style and Musica Nostalgica
Greeting Rondo
Prelude in Memoriam Dmitry Shostakovich
Stille Nacht
A Paganini
Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan
Polka for Violin and Piano WORKS FOR CELLO AND PIANO/CELLO SOLO/CELLO AND ENSEMBLE Cello Sonata No. 1
Cello Sonata No. 2
Dialogue for Cello and 7 Instrumentalists
4 Hymns for Cello and Ensemble
Klingende Buchstaben
Epilogue from Peer Gynt
Improvisation for Unaccompanied Cello WORKS FOR STRING ENSEMBLE/STRINGS AND PIANO Piano Quintet
Stille Musik
String Trio/Piano Trio
Canon An das Frankfurter Opernhaus
Piano Quartet OTHER CHAMBER WORKS Serenade
Cantus Perpetuus for Keyboard and Percussion
Polyphonic Tango
Moz
Art/Moz
Art à la Haydn/Moz
Art à la Mozart
Septet
Lebenslauf
Schall und Hall
3x7
For the Ninetieth Birthday of Alfred Schlee
Percussion Quartet CHAPTER 7: KEYBOARD WORKS Introduction PIANO SONATAS Piano Sonata No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 3 OTHER PIANO WORKS Children's Pieces, 1960 and 1971
Prelude and Fugue
Improvisation and Fugue
Variations on a Chord
Dedication to Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich for Piano Six Hands
Five Aphorisms for Piano and Reciter
Sonatina for Piano Four Hands ORGAN AND HARPSICHORD WORKS Two Short Pieces for Organ
Three Fragments for Harpsichord CHAPTER 8: FILM MUSIC Introduction
Igor Talankin
Andrei Khrzhanovsky
Aleksandr Mitta
Larisa Shepitko
Elem Klimov
Late Film Scores
Concert Suites WORKS LIST A NOTE ON SOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX