Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-389) and index
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Instrumental works. Personal integrity and public service : the voice of the symphonist / Eric Roseberry ; The string quartets : in dialogue with form and tradition / Judith Kuhn ; Paths to the First symphony / David Fanning ; Shostakovich's Second piano sonata : a composition recital in three styles / David Haas ; 'I took a simple little theme and developed it' : Shostakovich's string concertos and sonatas / Malcolm MacDonald -- Music for stage and screen. Shostakovich and the theatre / Gerard McBurney ; Shostakovich as opera composer / Rosamund Bartlett ; Shostakovich's ballets / Marina Ilichova ; Screen dramas : Shostakovich's cinema career / John Riley -- Vocal and choral works. Between reality and transcendence : Shostakovich's songs / Francis Maes -- Slava! The 'official compositions' / Pauline Fairclough -- Performance, theory, reception. A political football : Shostakovich reception in Germany / Erik Levi ; The rough guide to Shostakovich's harmonic language / David Haas ; Shostakovich on record / David Fanning ; Jewish existential irony as musical ethos in the music of Shostakovich / Esti Sheinberg
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As the Soviet Union's foremost composer, Shostakovich's status in the West has always been problematic. This book offers a starting point and a guide for readers who seek a fuller understanding of Shostakovich's place in the history of music
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Shostakovich
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich,1906-1975-- Criticism and interpretation