Shostakovich, the man and his music / edited by Christopher Norris.
| Other author | Norris, Christopher, 1947-editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston ; London : Marion Boyars, 1982. |
| Description | 233 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Interpreting the string quartets / Christopher Rowland and Alan Georg -- The first twelve symphonies: portrait of the artist as citizen-composer / Robert Dearling -- The piano music / Ronald Stevenson -- The operas / Geofrey Norris -- Words and music in late Shostakovich / Malcolm MacDonald -- Shostakovich and the British composer / Bernard Stevens -- Shostakovich: politics and musical language / Christopher Norris -- Shostakovich and the Soviet system, 1925-1975 / Robert Stradling -- Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich / Alan Bush. |
| Abstract | This volume of essays by musicians, composers and critics embraces all his principal works, and discusses the historical circumstances and the political and cultural atmosphere of their composition. Among the contributors, Christopher Rowland and Alan George of the Fitzwilliam Quartet, whose recordings of Shostakovich's fifteen quartets have been widely praised, provide a unique, intimate guide to them, based on the Quartet's close personal collaboration with the composer. The pianist and composer Ronald Stephenson [Stevenson] writes on the piano music; Geoffrey Norris analyses the operas, discussing the libretti as well as the music and aspects of the production; Malcolm MacDonald concentrates on the vocal settings, focusing in particular on the late symphonies and song cycles; and Bernard Stevens discusses the influence of Shostakovich, particularly on British composers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographies and index. |
| LCCN | 82004172 |
| ISBN | 0714527785 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S53 S5 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |