A Shostakovich Companion
- Author: Mishra, Michael
it does not dramatize Shostakovich's problems with the bureaucracy but makes clear how those problems affected the composer's life and the creation of his music. . . . Recommended. Upper-division... — More…
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Contents
- Abbreviations A Note on Transliteration I. SHOSTAKOVICH RECEPTION by Michael Mishra
- 1. Shostakovich Reception History
- 2. On Shostakovich
- 3. The Testimony Debate II. THE LIFE AND STYLISTIC EVOLUTION OFSHOSTAKOVICH by Michael Mishra
- 4. Youth, Revolution, and Fame (1906-1926)
- 5. The Modernist and the Iconoclast (1926-1931)
- 6. Rise and Fall; Fall and Rise (1932-1937)
- 7. Maturity (1938-1947)
- 8. DSCH (1948-1953)
- 9. The State Composer: Compromise and Dissent (1954-1965)
- 10. I lived onin the hearts of my true friends (1966-1975) III. ANALYZING SHOSTAKOVICH
- 11. Shostakovich the Dramatist: The Nose and The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by James Morgan
- 12. Shostakovich and Wozzecks Secret: Towards the Formation of a Shostakovich Mode by David Haas
- 13. Shostakovichs Trademark Form: The Arch-Sonata in the First Movement of the Fifth Symphony by Michael Mishra
- 14. The Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Structural Model and Manipulation by Andrew Grobengieser
- 15. Shostakovich, the Passacaglia, and Serialism by Lyn Henderson
- 16. Film, Narrative, and Shostakovichs Last Quartet by Richard Burke IV. ASPECTS OF SHOSTAKOVICH
- 17. Shostakovich and the Cinema by John Riley
- 18. Shostakovich the Pianist by Sofia Moshevich
- 19. The Shostakovich Legacy by Louis Blois Bibliography Index of Shostakovich Works Index of Names and Subjects About the Contributors