Schnittke Studies /

Schnittke Studies / / Gavin Dixon.

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) was arguably the most important Russian composer since Shostakovich, and his music has generated a great deal of academic interest in the years since his death. Schnittke Studies provides a variety of perspectives on the composer and his music. The field is currently div...

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Dixon, Gavin,
Place / Publishing House:London : : Taylor & Francis,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 273 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface - Gavin Dixon
  • PART I - INTERPRETATIVE STUDIES
  • Chapter 1 'Crucifixus Etiam Pro Nobis': Representations of the Cross in Alfred Schnittke's Symphony No. 2 'St. Florian' - Ivan Medic
  • Chapter 2 Alfred Schnittke and the Znamennyi Raspev - Emilia Ismael-Simental
  • Chapter 3 Negative Spirituality and the Inversion of Christianity as Media of Social Criticism in Alfred Schnittke's Opera Life with an Idiot - Amrei Flechsig
  • Chapter 4 Polystylism as Dialogue: Interpreting Schnittke through Bakhtin - Gavin Dixon
  • PART II - THEORETICAL STUDIES
  • Chapter 5 Schnittke's Polystylistic Schemata: Textural Progression in the Concerti grossi - Gordon E. Marsh
  • Chapter 6 Symmetrical Constructions in the Fourth Movement of Alfred Schnittke's String Quartet No. 4 - Aaminah Durrani
  • PART III - RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVES
  • Chapter 7 'Faith through Scepticism': Desacralisation and Resacralisation in Schnittke's First Symphony - Victoria Adamenko
  • Chapter 8 On the Late Style of Alfred Schnittke (The Instrumental Works) - Evgeniia Chigareva
  • Chapter 9 The Schnittke Code - Alexander Ivashkin
  • APPENDIX
  • Revised Catalogue of Alfred Schnittke's Sketches in the Juilliard Manuscript Collection - Ivana Medic.

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