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A Schnittke Reader
Contributor(s): Schnittke, Alfred (Author)
ISBN: 0253338182     ISBN-13: 9780253338181
Publisher: Indiana University Press
OUR PRICE:   $31.35  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: August 2002
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Annotation: This compilation assembles previously published and unpublished essays by Schnittke and supplements them with an interview with cellist and scholar Alexander Ivashkin.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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Music | Individual Composer & Musician
- Music | History & Criticism - General
- Music | Genres & Styles - Classical
Dewey: 780.92
LCCN: 2001005133
Series: Russian Music Studies
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 7.34" W x 10.24" (1.57 lbs) 296 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - Russia
 
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This compilation assembles previously published and unpublished essays by Schnittke and supplements them with an interview with cellist and scholar Alexander Ivashkin.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.