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- Book Title
- Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5
- Publication Name
- Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5
- Title
- Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5
- ISBN-10
- 0197566332
- EAN
- 9780197566336
- ISBN
- 9780197566336
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Release Year
- 2024
- Release Date
- 07/03/2024
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.2 in
- Item Length
- 5.6 in
- Item Width
- 8.3 in
- Genre
- Music, History
- Series
- Oxford Keynotes
- Item Weight
- 8.1 Oz
- Book Series
- Oxford Keynotes Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Topic
- History & Criticism, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Genres & Styles / Classical
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0197566332
ISBN-13
9780197566336
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10062161868
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
History & Criticism, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Genres & Styles / Classical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, History
Book Series
Oxford Keynotes Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
8.1 Oz
Item Length
5.6 in
Item Width
8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
784.2184
Table Of Content
AcknowledgementsAbout the Companion WebsiteNote on Transliteration List of ThemesPreludeChapter 1. From the Fourth to the Fifth"This is Chaos, Not Music"(Not) The Fourth SymphonyThe Birth of the FifthThree Streams of ReceptionChapter 2. Musical ContextsBeethoven and TchaikovskyHindemith and MahlerShostakovich's "Eclecticism"Chapter 3. The Phantom Program Intelligentsia and Revolution"Maturation of Personality"Chapter 4. The Faulty Metronome Mravinsky vs BernsteinBetween the Two PolesChapter 5. A Formula for TriumphThe Great CitizenThe Triumph FormulaThe Missing ThemeChapter 6 The End of the AffairA Secret UncoveredFirst MovementSecond MovementThird MovementFourth Movement Motto and MonogramOther SecretsPostludeIndex
Synopsis
The book is devoted to Shostakovich's most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin's Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perplexed by its ambiguities, especially at the end of the Symphony: some imagined it as the joyful final victory of socialism, while others heard the triumph instead of a sinister and oppressive force. The second interpretation was pushed into the background, but the controversy persisted, with the further complication of two very different tempo markings for the closing section, both of which seemed to be approved by the composer. The authors give an authoritative account of the tempo controversy and the effect of the different tempos on the reception of the work in the West. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 delves into the history of the work's composition, the pressures Shostakovich experienced at the time, and the cultural environment from the time the composer began work on Symphony through to the settling of its official critical reception. At the center of this exploration is the musical score itself, which is full of secrets that have taken decades to uncover, the most colorful of which is the case for Shostakovich's extensive references to Bizet's Carmen , and the connection between these and Shostakovich's lover of the mid-30s, Lala Carmen (Elena Konstantinovskaya). The authors show how Shostakovich largely (but not entirely) set aside his influences from Mahler and German modernists, and in replacement absorbed Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with the same ingenuity as his previous influences. Shostakovich decided to make a virtue of a necessity, and created one of the richest of symphonic scores, allowing himself to retain his artistic pride while winning the official approval necessary for regaining his livelihood. These events all unfolded in the atmosphere of terror created by Stalin's "Great Purge". This book is the first to be devoted to this watershed symphony, and includes secrets of the score that took decades to uncover., The book is devoted to Shostakovich's most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin's Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perplexed by its ambiguities, especially at the end of the Symphony: some imagined it as the joyful final victory of socialism, while others heard the triumph instead of a sinister and oppressive force. The second interpretation was pushed into the background, but the controversy persisted, with the further complication of two very different tempo markings for the closing section, both of which seemed to be approved by the composer. The authors give an authoritative account of the tempo controversy and the effect of the different tempos on the reception of the work in the West. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 delves into the history of the work's composition, the pressures Shostakovich experienced at the time, and the cultural environment from the time the composer began work on Symphony through to the settling of its official critical reception. At the center of this exploration is the musical score itself, which is full of secrets that have taken decades to uncover, the most colorful of which is the case for Shostakovich's extensive references to Bizet's Carmen, and the connection between these and Shostakovich's lover of the mid-30s, Lala Carmen (Elena Konstantinovskaya). The authors show how Shostakovich largely (but not entirely) set aside his influences from Mahler and German modernists, and in replacement absorbed Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with the same ingenuity as his previous influences. Shostakovich decided to make a virtue of a necessity, and created one of the richest of symphonic scores, allowing himself to retain his artistic pride while winning the official approval necessary for regaining his livelihood. These events all unfolded in the atmosphere of terror created by Stalin's "Great Purge". This book is the first to be devoted to this watershed symphony, and includes secrets of the score that took decades to uncover., Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, created against the backdrop of one of Stalin's most infamous purges, is one of Shostakovich's most controversial works. It was Shostakovich's response to criticism that earned him disfavor in the eyes of officials, one that allowed him to regain artistic pride even as he won the approval necessary to regain his livelihood. This book explores this symphony in full and clues readers into secrets about it that took decades to uncover.
LC Classification Number
ML410.S53F76 2024
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