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A Schnittke reader [electronic resource] / Alfred Schnittke ; edited by Alexander Ivashkin ; translated by John Goodliffe ; with a foreword by Mstislav Rostropovich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schnittke, Alfred, 1934-1998.
- Series:
- Russian music studies (Bloomington, Ind.)
- Russian music studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicians--Russia (Federation)--Interviews.
- Musicians.
- Music--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Schnittke, Alfred, 1934-1998--Criticism and interpretation.
- Schnittke, Alfred.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This compilation assembles previously published and unpublished essays by Schnittke and supplements them with an interview with cellist and scholar Alexander Ivashkin. The book is illustrated with musical examples, many of them in Schnittke's own hand. In A Schnittke Reader, the composer speaks of his life, his works, other composers, performers, and a broad range of topics in 20th-century music. The volume is rounded out with reflections by some of Schnittke's contemporaries.
- Contents:
- Schnittke speaks about himself
- Schnittke on the Lenin Prize
- Schnittke on his own compositions
- Schnittke on creative artists
- Schnittke on twentieth-century music
- Schnittke as seen by others.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-06302-2
- 9786612063022
- 0-253-10917-5
- OCLC:
- 51113054
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