![]() Now imagine a person who did not cook the eggs and does not eat them, but talks about them - that is a musicologist.' 1 No doubt many would agree. Our cook, Pasha, prepared the scrambled eggs for us and we are eating them. What is a musicologist? Shostakovich offered his definition over breakfast: 'What's a musicologist? I'll tell you. Talking about eggs: musicology and Shostakovich DAVID FANNING ![]() Thanks are also due to the May 1994 St Petersburg conference, 'Shostakovich in a Changing World', organised by Lyudmila Kovnatskaya, at which versions of my Lady Macbeth chapter and Eric Roseberry's on 'Shostakovich and Britten' were read. ![]() I have fine-tuned these translations and must take responsibility for any inaccuracies in them, as also in Redepenning's chapter which I myself translated. I also wish to thank Deirdre Donnellon for assistance with word-processing, Penny Souster at Cambridge University Press who suggested this book and fostered its development, Lyudmila Kovnatskaya of St Petersburg Conservatory who generously kept me up to date with developments in Russia, and John Cornish who made invaluable initial translations of the chapters by Kholopov, Yakubov and Ivashkin. I wish to acknowledge the support of my colleagues at the University of Manchester during the preparation of this book and the University's provision of teaching relief during the final editorial stages. Shostakovich and Schnittke: the erosion of symphonic syntax 'And art made tongue-tied by authority' Shostakovich's song-cyclesĪ debt repaid? Some observations on Shostakovich and his late-period recognition of Britten The Golden Age: the true story of the premiere 67įrom Lady Macbeth to Katerina Shostakovich's versions and revisions The cycle of structure and the cycle of meaning the Piano Trio in E minor, Op. ![]() Russian theorists on modality in Shostakovich's music Public lies and unspeakable truth interpreting Shostakovich's Fifth Symphonyįorm in Shostakovich's instrumental works Talking about eggs: musicology and Shostakovich Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 - Criticism and interpretation. Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1995 First published 1995 Reprinted 1997 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Shostakovich studies / edited by David Fanning. Shostakovich Studies Edited by David Fanning University of Manchester The eleven essays in the volume draw together some of the finest scholars of Russian music in Europe, Russia and America. The social context is not neglected, however, and alongside many new insights spread across the book a substantial and provocative chapter considers the issues surrounding the composition and reception of the Fifth Symphony. The theoretical chapters lay the foundation for a proper understanding of Shostakovich's musical language. This book seeks to show that the power of his work stems as much from its craftsmanship as from its political and personal context. Yet outside the concert hall the focus of attention seems to have been on the extraordinary circumstances of his life rather than on the music itself. Few composers' posthumous reputations have grown as steadily as Shostakovich's.
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