A Schnittke ReaderThis compilation assembles previously published and unpublished essays by Schnittke and supplements them with an interview with cellist and scholar Alexander Ivashkin.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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Contents
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2 Letter to the Lenin Prize Committee 1990 41 | 41 |
3 On Concerto Grosso No 1 late 1970s 45 | 45 |
4 On the Fourth Symphony 1984 47 | 47 |
5 On Film and Film Music 1972 1984 1989 49 | 49 |
6 On Staging Tchaikovskys The Queen of Spades 1977 | 53 |
Circles of Influence 1975 | 59 |
8 On Prokofiev 1990 | 61 |
21 On Jazz 1984 | 100 |
The Timbral Scale 1970s | 101 |
23 KlangfarbenmelodieMelody of Timbres 1970s | 113 |
24 Functional Variability of Line in Orchestral Texture 1970s | 120 |
The Statistical Method 1970s | 125 |
26 Stereophonic Tendencies in Modern Orchestral Thinking 1970s | 131 |
27 Using Rhythm to Overcome Meter 1970s | 140 |
A New Conception of Time 1970s | 147 |
9 On Gubaidulina 1970s | 67 |
10 On Kancheli 1982 1991 | 68 |
11 In Memory of Filip Moiseevich Gershkovich 1988 | 70 |
12 On Sviatoslav Richter 1985 | 72 |
13 On Gennadi Rozhdestvensky 1991 | 75 |
14 Subjective Notes on an Objective Performance on Alexei Liubimov 1973 | 79 |
15 On Viktor Yerofeev 1988 | 83 |
16 On the Paintings of Vladimir Yankilevsky 1987 | 84 |
17 Polystylistic Tendencies in Modern Music c 1971 | 87 |
18 The Orchestra and the New Music early 1970s | 91 |
19 The Problem of Giving Outward Expression to a New Idea 1982 | 94 |
20 From Schnittkes Archive 1970s and 1980s | 98 |
29 Paradox as a Feature of Stravinskys Musical Logic 1973 | 151 |
30 Timbral Modulations in Bartóks Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta 1970s | 201 |
31 The Principle of Uninterrupted Timbral Affinities in Weberns Orchestration ofBachs Fuga Ricercata a 6 voci 1970s | 211 |
Stylistic Counterpoint Thematic andFormal Unity in Context of Polystylistics Broadening the Concept ofThematicism 1970s | 216 |
33 Ligetis Orchestral Micropolyphony 1970s | 225 |
34 Gidon Kremer 1989 | 231 |
35 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky 1989 | 236 |
36 Vladimir Yankilevsky 1989 | 240 |
37 Mstislav Rostropovich 1990 | 247 |
38 Mark Lubotsky 1998 | 248 |
Index of Names and Titles | 257 |
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