Shostakovich Studies 2

Hardback

Main Details

Title Shostakovich Studies 2
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Pauline Fairclough
SeriesCambridge Composer Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 180
Category/Genre20th century and contemporary classical music
Non-Western music - traditional and "classical"
ISBN/Barcode 9780521111188
ClassificationsDewey:780.92
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 56 Printed music items; 7 Tables, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 11 November 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

When Shostakovich Studies was published in 1995, archival research in the ex-Soviet Union was only just beginning. Since that time, research carried out in the Shostakovich Family Archive, founded by the composer's widow Irina Antonovna Shostakovich in 1975, and the Glinka Museum of Musical Culture has significantly raised the level of international Shostakovich studies. At the same time, scholarly understanding of Soviet society and culture has developed significantly since 1991, and this has also led to a more nuanced appreciation of Shostakovich's public and professional identity. Shostakovich Studies 2 reflects these changes, focusing on documentary research, manuscript sources, film studies and musical analysis informed by literary criticism and performance. Contributions in this volume include chapters on Orango, Shostakovich's diary, behind-the-scenes events following Pravda's criticisms of Shostakovich in 1936 and a new memoir of Shostakovich by the Soviet poet Evgeniy Dolmatovsky, as well as analytical studies from a range of perspectives.

Author Biography

Pauline Fairclough is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Bristol, and a specialist in Russian and Soviet music. She is editor, with David Fanning, of The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich and author of A Soviet Credo: Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony. Together with Olga Digonskaya, Pauline chairs the International Musicological Society's study group 'Shostakovich and his Environment'.

Reviews

"As Fairclough notes in her introduction, the essays in this collection reflect a growing sophistication among Shostakovich scholars, and a notable shift in tone from the notorious 'Shosta kovich wars' of the 1990s" -Judith Kuhn,University of Wisconsin