📗 Libro en inglés ALFRED SCHNITTKE (SERIES: 20TH-CENTURY COMPOSERS S.)

Presents a fascinating portrait of Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934-98), whose music was inextricably linked to the strictures of life in the Soviet Union Provides a detailed and admiring discussion of Schnittke''s music and his theories Argues that the various stylistic elements in his works - his polystylism - may be perceived as part of a new, more universal musical language The first book on Schnittke published in English