Leningrad's modernists : studies in composition and musical thought, 1917-1932

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Leningrad's modernists : studies in composition and musical thought, 1917-1932

David Haas

(American university studies, Series XX . Fine arts ; vol. 31)

P. Lang, c1998

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Form and line in the music and musical thought of Leningrad, 1917-1932

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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.) originally presented under title: Form and line in the music and musical thought of Leningrad, 1917-1932

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-292) and index

Contents of Works

  • Background and biographies
  • In search of a Leningrad school of composition
  • Boris Asafyev and the form-as-process aesthetic
  • Vladimir Shcherbachyov and the new pedagogy at the Conservatory
  • Shcherbachyov's nonet, op. 10 : improvisation, schema, and process
  • Shcherbachyov's Second symphony : symphonic apocalypse on themes from Aleksandr Blok
  • Shostakovich's First symphony : process and a symphonic schema
  • Shostakovich's symphonic dedication to October : a tribute to the Revolution and revolutionary theater
  • Popov's Septet, op. 2 : episodes from Leningrad's musical life

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