The Routledge Handbook to the Music of Alfred Schnittke (Routledge Russian and East European Music and Culture)

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The Routledge Handbook to the Music of Alfred Schnittke is a comprehensive study of the work of one of the most important Russian composers of the late 20th century. Each piece is discussed in detail, with particular attention to the composer’s groundbreaking polystylism, as well as his unique approach to musical symbolism and his deep engagement with Christian themes. This is the first publication to look at Schnittke’s output in its entirety, and for most works it represents either the first ever published analysis or the first in a language other than Russian. The volume presents new research from the Ivashkin-Schnittke Archive at Goldsmiths, University of London and the collection of Schnittke’s compositional sketches at the Julliard Library in New York. It also draws on the substantial research on Schnittke’s music published in the Russian language. Including a work list and bibliography of primary and secondary sources, this is an essential reference for all those interested in Russian music, 20th-century music and performance studies. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page CONTENTS List of examples List of Figures Conventions Preface 1. Eras and techniques Student works 1953–1962 Serial period 1963–1971 Serialism Sonorism: Ligeti and the Polish school Funereal and religious works 1972–1980 Funereal works: Schnittke’s quiet period Religious works Polystylism 1968–1991 Representations of evil: popular music and the banal Bach and the Baroque Monograms Harmonic and contrapuntal techniques Non-tonal triadic relations The [0,1,6,7] pitch set Schnittke stretto Structural innovations Sonoristic cadences Coda as exposition Late style 1985–1994 2. Stage works Ballets Introduction Labyrinths Der gelbe Klang Gogol Suite and Sketches Peer Gynt Operas Introduction Life with an Idiot Gesualdo Historia von D. Johann Fausten Theatre music 3. Choral works Introduction Nagasaki Songs of War and Peace Voices of Nature Requiem Sonnengesang Minnesang Seid nüchtern und wachet … (Faust Cantata) Three Choruses Choir Concerto Psalms of Repentance Opening Verse for the First Festival Sunday Festive Chant Agnus Dei Lux aeterna 4. Solo vocal works Introduction Three poems of Marina Tsvetaeva 10 Songs from Turandot Eight Songs from Don Carlos Magdalina’s Song Three Madrigals Three Scenes for Soprano and Ensemble Drei Gedichte von Viktor Schnittke for Tenor and Piano Mutter Five Fragments to Paintings by Hieronymus Bosch/ Fragment for Orchestra 5. Orchestral works Symphonies Introduction Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2, ‘St Florian’ Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Concerto Grosso No. 4/Symphony No. 5 Concerto Grosso No. 4 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 7 Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 9 Concertos and concerti grossi Introduction Violin Concerto No. 1 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Music for Piano and Chamber Orchestra Violin Concerto No. 2 Concerto for Oboe, Harp and String Orchestra Cadenzas to concertos by Beethoven and Mozart Concerto Grosso No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 3 Concerto for Piano and Strings Concerto Grosso No. 2 Violin Concerto No. 4 Concerto Grosso No. 3 Viola Concerto Cello Concerto No. 1 Concerto for Piano Four Hands and Chamber Orchestra Monologue for Viola and Strings Cello Concerto No. 2 Concerto Grosso No. 5 Concerto Grosso No. 6 Concerto for Three Viola Concerto No. 2 Other orchestral works Poem about Space Music for Chamber Orchestra pianissimo… Passacaglia for Large Orchestra Ritual (K)ein Sommernachtstraum Four Aphorisms for Chamber Orchestra Sutartinės Hommage a Grieg Symphonic Prelude and For Liverpool 6. Chamber works Introduction Works for string quartet String Quartet No. 1 String Quartet No. 2 String Quartet No. 3 String Quartet No. 4 Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky Variations for String Quartet Works for violin and piano/violin duet/violin solo Violin Sonata No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 2 Violin Sonata No. 3 Suite in the Old Style Greeting Rondo Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich Stille Nacht A Paganini Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan Polka for Violin and Piano Works for cello and piano/cello solo/cello and ensemble Cello Sonata No. 1 Cello Sonata No. 2 Dialogue for Cello and 7 Instrumentalists Hymns for Cello and Ensemble Klingende Buchstaben Epilogue from the ballet Peer Gynt, for Cello, Piano and Tape Improvisation for Solo Cello Works for string ensemble/strings and piano Piano Quintet Stille Musik String Trio and Piano Trio Canon ‘An das Frankfurter Opernhaus’ Piano Quartet – sketch for the second movement of a piano quartet by Mahler Other chamber works Serenade for Clarinet, Violin, Double Bass, Percussion and Piano Cantus perpetuus Polyphonic Tango Moz-Art/Moz-Art à la Haydn/Moz-Art à la Mozart Septet Lebenslauf Schall und Hall 3x7 Herrn Alfred Schlee zum 90 Geburtstag Quartet for Four Percussionists 7. Keyboard works Introduction Piano Sonatas Piano Sonata No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 3 Other piano works Children’s Pieces 1960 and 1971 Prelude and Fugue for Piano Improvisation and Fugue Variations on a Chord Dedication to Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich for Piano Six Hands Five Aphorisms for Piano and Reciter Sonatina for Piano Four Hands Organ and harpsichord works Two Short Pieces for Organ Three Fragments for Harpsichord 8. Film music Introduction Igor Talankin Andrei Khrzhanovsky Alexander Mitta Larisa Shepitko Elem Klimov Late film scores Concert suites Works list A note on sources Bibliography Index