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This third edition adds greatly to the information contained therein and brings it up to date. For each numbered work and all the known unnumbered compositions, Hulme provides a short description of the piece, and lists date of composition, dedicatee, forces the work employs, location of the autograph score, duration, arrangements of the work, premiere(s), an extensive list of recordings, and reference to bibliography items where the piece is discussed in any detail. The entries are presented in order of opus number, with unnumbered compositions inserted appropriately within this chronological sequence.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Foreword to the Second Edition Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Preface to the Third Edition Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Abbreviations Chapter 6 Introduction Chapter 7 CATALOGUE Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 BBC Broadcasts Chapter 10 APPENDICES: I Collections of Shostakovich's Music and Addresses of Music Publishers Chapter 11 II Television and Theatre Productions Chapter 12 III Information of the History of Recording, Four Special USSR Recordings, the Composer on Records, and Samplers of Shostakovich's Music Chapter 13 IV Chronological Chart of Main Works and Historical Events Chapter 14 V Abandoned Projects and Obscure and Doubtful Works Chapter 15 VI DSCH-the Composer's Monogram Compositions Based on DSCH by Other Hands, and Tributes Chapter 16 VII Index of Russian Titles Chapter 17 Postscript Chapter 18 Index of Names (figures refer to opus numbers) Chapter 19 Index of Compositions (figures refer to page numbers)
About the author
By Derek C. Hulme - Foreword by Irina Shostakovich
Summary
Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the great composers of the 20th century, the first major Soviet composer and a figure of some controversy. This third edition is an up-to-date catalogue of the composer;s works.
