Adopting a two-books-in-one format. The Shostakovich Companion
combines a full-length, single-author examination of the life and
compositional evolution of the Soviet Union's most famous composer;
and a symposium in which a variety of analytical techniques is
applied to selected Shostakovich works and genres. This is the
first comprehensive English-language book in twenty-five years in
which the primary emphasis is on musical issues, and the secondary
emphasis is on the biographical and much-debated political issues.
The The Shostakovich Companion is divided into four parts. Part I
considers the hermeneutic techniques that have been applied to
Shostakovich's music, along with the various controversies
surrounding his life and his relationship to Soviet politics. Part
II comprises the book's central life-and-works discussion, uniting
a comprehensive examination of Shostakovich's compositional
evolution with a full account of his life. Coming from a variety of
authors, the chapters in Part III demonstrate a cross-section of
analytical techniques that may usefully be brought to bear upon
Shostakovich's music. These range from literary and
cinematically-based methods to the more traditional types of
musical analysis. Part IV considers three independent but crucial
aspects of Shostakovich's life: his contributions to the Soviet
film industry, his career as a pianist, and his legacy and
influence as a teacher.
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