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 much from its craftsmanship as from its political and personal context. The eleven essays lay a foundation for a proper understanding of Shostakovich's musical language as well as providing new insights into the issues surrounding his composition.
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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 much from its craftsmanship as from its political and personal context. The eleven essays lay a foundation for a proper understanding of Shostakovich's musical language as well as providing new insights into the issues surrounding his composition.
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This book is indispensable if you are really interested in Shostakovich. It contains an important essay by Richard Taruskin--and pretty much every essay by Taruskin on Shostakovich is important--detailed treatment of subjects such as Russian use of modes, Shostakovich's vocal music, the second piano trio in e minor and on and on. Not an easy read, but scholarly and well worth the effort.
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expanded diatonicism, lowered mode, modal formation, seventh quartet, modal modulation, passacaglia theme, shabby peasant, vocal symphony, sobraniye sochineniy, diatonic modes, viola sonata, lowered degrees, melodic function, tonal modulation, modal function, melodic modes, rehearsal numbers, vocal score, modal language, musical surface, altered modes, tonal centre, musical argument, secondary theme, unstable notes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Macbeth, Fifth Symphony, The Golden Age, New York, War Requiem, Katerina Izmaylova, Fifteenth Symphony, Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet Union, Fourteenth Symphony, Ledi Makbet, Fourth Symphony, Seventh Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Boris Timofeyevich, Tenth Symphony, The Nose, Thirteenth Symphony, David Fanning, Laurel Fay, Isaak Glikman, Professor Kovnatskaya, The Turn of the Screw, Central Committee, Eighth Quartet New!
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expanded diatonicism, lowered mode, modal formation, seventh quartet, modal modulation, passacaglia theme, shabby peasant, vocal symphony, sobraniye sochineniy, diatonic modes, viola sonata, lowered degrees, melodic function, tonal modulation, modal function, melodic modes, rehearsal numbers, vocal score, modal language, musical surface, altered modes, tonal centre, musical argument, secondary theme, unstable notes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Macbeth, Fifth Symphony, The Golden Age, New York, War Requiem, Katerina Izmaylova, Fifteenth Symphony, Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet Union, Fourteenth Symphony, Ledi Makbet, Fourth Symphony, Seventh Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Boris Timofeyevich, Tenth Symphony, The Nose, Thirteenth Symphony, David Fanning, Laurel Fay, Isaak Glikman, Professor Kovnatskaya, The Turn of the Screw, Central Committee, Eighth Quartet New!
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- Britten - War Requiem, Op. 66: The Masterworks Library (Boosey & Hawkes Masterworks Library) by Benjamin Britten on 9 pages
- The New Shostakovich by Ian Macdonald on 6 pages
- Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by Donald Mitchell on 5 pages
- Peter Grimes (Project Drama) by Michael Marland on 4 pages
- Shostakovich: The Man and His Music (Shostakovich CL) by Christopher Norris on page 3, and page 214
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- Shostakovich: A Life by Laurel Fay on 8 pages
- A Soviet Credo: Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony by Pauline Fairclough on 8 pages
- Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century by Arnold Whittall on 4 pages
- A History of Russian Music: From Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar by Francis Maes on 4 pages
- Shostakovich and His World (Bard Music Festival) by Laurel E. Fay on page 226, page 350, and page 379
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