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Shostakovich in Dialogue - Form, Imagery and Ideas in Quartets 1-7 (Hardcover, New edition) Loot Price: R4,940
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Shostakovich in Dialogue - Form, Imagery and Ideas in Quartets 1-7 (Hardcover, New edition): Judith Kuhn

Shostakovich in Dialogue - Form, Imagery and Ideas in Quartets 1-7 (Hardcover, New edition)

Judith Kuhn

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A thorough examination of Shostakovich's string quartets is long overdue. Although they can justifiably lay claim to being the most significant and frequently performed twentieth-century oeuvre for that ensemble, there has been no systematic English-language study of the entire cycle. Judith Kuhn's book begins such a study, undertaken with the belief that, despite a growing awareness of the universality of Shostakovich's music, much remains to be learned from the historical context and an examination of the music's language. Much of the controversy about Shostakovich's music has been related to questions of meaning. The conflicting interpretations put forth by scholars during the musicological 'Shostakovich wars' have shown the impossibility of fixing a single meaning in the composer's music. Commentators have often heard the quartets as political in nature, although there have been contradictory views as to whether Shostakovich was a loyal communist or a dissident. The works are also often described as vivid narratives, perhaps a confessional autobiography or a chronicle of the composer's times. The cycle has also been heard to examine major philosophical issues posed by the composer's life and times, including war, death, love, the conflict of good and evil, the nature of subjectivity, the power of creativity and the place of the individual - and particularly the artist - in society. Soviet commentaries on the quartets typically describe the works through the lens of Socialist-Realist mythological master narratives. Recent Western commentaries see Shostakovich's quartets as expressions of broader twentieth-century subjectivity, filled with ruptures and uncertainty. What musical features enable these diverse interpretations? Kuhn examines each quartet in turn, looking first at its historical and biographical context, with special attention to the cultural questions being discussed at the time of its writing. She then surveys the work's reception history, and follows with a critical discussion of the quartet's architectural and harmonic features. Using the new tools of Sonata Theory, Kuhn provides a fresh analytical approach to Shostakovich's music, giving valuable and detailed insights into the quartets, showing how the composer's mastery of form has enabled these works to be heard as active participants in the Soviet and Western cultural discourses of their time, while remaining compelling and relevant to twenty-first-century listeners.

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Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2010
First published: 2010
Authors: Judith Kuhn
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 314
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-6406-2
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Chamber ensembles
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Chamber ensembles
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
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LSN: 0-7546-6406-6
Barcode: 9780754664062

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