Thanks to the ambiguities of Soviet cultural life, Shostakovich was regarded in the West with a mixture of admiration and suspicion. This study is a guide for all who wish to probe more deeply into this complex, important composer and his place in the history of music.
Thanks to the ambiguities of Soviet cultural life, Shostakovich was regarded in the West with a mixture of admiration and suspicion. This study is a guide for all who wish to probe more deeply into this complex, important composer and his place in the history of music.
Chronology Introduction Part I. Instrumental Works: 1. Personal integrity and public service: the voice of the symphonist Eric Roseberry 2. The string quartets: in dialogue with form and tradition Judy Kuhn 3. Paths to the first symphony David Fanning 4. Shostakovich's second piano sonata: a composition recital in three styles David Haas 5. 'I took a simple little theme and developed it': Shostakovich's string concertos and sonatas Malcolm MacDonald Part II. Music for Stage and Screen: 6. Shostakovich and the theatre Gerard McBurney 7. Shostakovich as opera composer Rosamund Bartlett 8. Shostakovich's ballets Marina Ilichova 9. Screen dramas: Shostakovich's cinema career John Riley Part III. Vocal and Choral Works: 10. Between reality and transcendence: Shostakovich's songs Francis Maes 11. Slava! Shostakovich's 'official compositions' Pauline Fairclough Part IV. Performance, Theory, Reception: 12. A political football - Shostakovich reception in Germany Erik Levi 13. The rough guide to Shostakovich's harmonic language David Haas 14. Shostakovich on record David Fanning 15. Jewish existential irony as musical ethos in the music of Shostakovich Esti Sheinberg.
Chronology Introduction Part I. Instrumental Works: 1. Personal integrity and public service: the voice of the symphonist Eric Roseberry 2. The string quartets: in dialogue with form and tradition Judy Kuhn 3. Paths to the first symphony David Fanning 4. Shostakovich's second piano sonata: a composition recital in three styles David Haas 5. 'I took a simple little theme and developed it': Shostakovich's string concertos and sonatas Malcolm MacDonald Part II. Music for Stage and Screen: 6. Shostakovich and the theatre Gerard McBurney 7. Shostakovich as opera composer Rosamund Bartlett 8. Shostakovich's ballets Marina Ilichova 9. Screen dramas: Shostakovich's cinema career John Riley Part III. Vocal and Choral Works: 10. Between reality and transcendence: Shostakovich's songs Francis Maes 11. Slava! Shostakovich's 'official compositions' Pauline Fairclough Part IV. Performance, Theory, Reception: 12. A political football - Shostakovich reception in Germany Erik Levi 13. The rough guide to Shostakovich's harmonic language David Haas 14. Shostakovich on record David Fanning 15. Jewish existential irony as musical ethos in the music of Shostakovich Esti Sheinberg.
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