Music behind the Iron Curtain : Weinberg and his Polish contemporaries / Daniel Elphick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elphick, Daniel, author.

Series:

Music in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vaĭnberg, M. (Moiseĭ).

Vaĭnberg, M.

Composers--Soviet Union--Biography.

Composers.

Soviet Union.

Composers--Russia (Federation)--Biography.

Russia (Federation).

Composers--Poland--Biography.

Poland.

Music--Soviet Union--History and criticism--20th century.

Music.

Music--Russia (Federation)--20th century--History and criticism.

Music--Poland--History and criticism--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 298 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Mieczysław Weinberg left his family behind and fled his native Poland in September 1939. He reached the Soviet Union, where he become one of the most celebrated composers. He counted Shostakovich among his close friends and produced a prolific output of works. Yet he remained mindful of the nation that he had left. This book examines how Weinberg's works written in Soviet Russia compare with those of his Polish contemporaries; how one composer split from his national tradition and how he created a style that embraced the music of a new homeland, while those composers in his native land surged ahead in a more experimental vein. The points of contact between them are enlightening for both sides. This study provides an overview of Weinberg's music through his string quartets, analysing them alongside Polish composers. Composers featured include Bacewicz, Meyer, Lutosławski, Panufnik, Penderecki, Górecki, and a younger generation, including Szymański and Knapik. -- Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Weinberg in Warsaw

Socialist realism and socrealizm

Avant-garde(s)

Return and retreat

Late style(s)

Conclusion

Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-292) and index.

ISBN:

9781108493673

110849367X

OCLC:

1109905366