A Schnittke Reader Indiana University Press | July 2002 | ISBN-10: 0253338182 | 296 pages | PDF | 11.8 MB
A treasury of the composer's writings--many never before published, even in Russian. Here Schnittke speaks of his life, his works, and a broad range of topics in 20th-century composition, performance, and other arts."I have read all of Alfred's articles with enormous interest and enjoyment... [He] had such a profound insight into the music of other composers, and ... he found in it so many regular features that were hidden from others." --from the foreword by Mstislav Rostropovich
"This collection of writings by or about Alfred Schnittke, including many previously unpublished, is a major contribution to our understanding of the most important Russian composer of recent times."--Classical Music, 4 January 2003
"This collection of writings by or about Alfred Schnittke, including many previously unpublished, is a major contribution to our understanding of the most important Russian composer of recent times."--Classical Music, 4 January 2003C O N T E N T S
Foreword by Mstislav Rostropovich / vii
Translator’s Note / xi Introduction / xiii
Chronology / xvii I.
SCHNITTKE SPEAKS ABOUT HIMSELF 1
1. From Conversations with Alexander Ivashkin (1985–1994) / 3
II. SCHNITTKE ON THE LENIN PRIZE 39
2. Letter to the Lenin Prize Committee (1990) / 41
III. SCHNITTKE ON HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS 43
3. On Concerto Grosso No. 1 (late 1970s) / 45
4. On the Fourth Symphony (1984) / 47
5. On Film and Film Music (1972, 1984, 1989) / 49
6. On Staging Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades (1977) / 53
IV. SCHNITTKE ON CREATIVE ARTISTS 57
Composers
7.On Shostakovich: Circles of Influence (1975) / 59
8. On Prokofiev (1990) / 61
9. On Gubaidulina (1970s) / 67
10. On Kancheli (1982, 1991) / 68
11. In Memory of Filip Moiseevich Gershkovich (1988) / 70
Performers
12. On Sviatoslav Richter (1985) / 72
13. On Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (1991) / 75
14. Subjective Notes on an Objective Performance (on Alexei Liubimov) (1973) / 79
A Writer 15.
On Viktor Yerofeev (1988) / 83
A Painter 16.
On the Paintings of Vladimir Yankilevsky (1987) / 84
V. SCHNITTKE ON TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC 85
17. Polystylistic Tendencies in Modern Music (c. 1971) / 87
18. The Orchestra and the New Music (early 1970s) / 91
19. The Problem of Giving Outward Expression to a New Idea (1982) / 94
20. From Schnittke’s Archive (1970s and 1980s) / 98
21. On Jazz (1984) / 100
22. Timbral Relationships and Their Functional Use: The Timbral Scale (1970s) / 101
23. Klangfarbenmelodie—“Melody of Timbres” (1970s) / 113
24. Functional Variability of Line in Orchestral Texture (1970s) / 120
25. A New Approach to Composition: The Statistical Method (1970s) / 125
26. Stereophonic Tendencies in Modern Orchestral Thinking (1970s) / 131
27. Using Rhythm to Overcome Meter (1970s) / 140
28. Static Form: A New Conception of Time (1970s) / 147
29. Paradox as a Feature of Stravinsky’s Musical Logic (1973) / 151
30. Timbral Modulations in Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1970s) / 201
31. The Principle of Uninterrupted Timbral Affinities in Webern’s Orchestration of Bach’s Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci (1970s) / 211
32. The Third Movement of Berio’s Sinfonia: Stylistic Counterpoint, Thematic and Formal Unity in Context of Polystylistics, Broadening the Concept of Thematicism (1970s) / 216
33. Ligeti’s Orchestral Micropolyphony (1970s) / 225
VI. SCHNITTKE AS SEEN BY OTHERS 229
34. Gidon Kremer (1989) / 231
35. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (1989) / 236
36. Vladimir Yankilevsky (1989) / 240
37. Mstislav Rostropovich (1990) / 247
38. Mark Lubotsky (1998) / 248
Index of Names and Titles / 257
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