Sofia Gubaidulina - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Michael Kurtz is currently working on a retrospective view of 20th-century music presented in biographical portraits of selected composers. Klappentext For the English edition, the text has been revised and updated and a chronology of Gubaidulina's life and a complete list of her works have been added. Zusammenfassung Russian composer, Sofia Gubaidulina has achieved international acclaim for her musical oeuvre which draws on Eastern and Western musical traditions. This biography places her life and the evolution of her work within the cultural and political context of post-Stalin Soviet Union. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface by Mstislav Rostropovich Preface to the American Edition Introduction and Acknowledgments 1. Ancestors 2. Childhood and Youth, 1932-1949 3. At the Kazan Conservatory, 1949-1954 4. At the Moscow Conservatory, 1954-1959 5. Searching for Her Own Way, 1959-1965 6. A Late Artistic Birth, 1965-1970 7. Finding the Legato in the Staccato of Life, 1970-1975 8. Composing and Improvising, 1975-1979 9. "Offertorium"-a Musical Offering, 1979-1981 10. The Rhythm of Musical Form, 1981-1985 11. Travels, Travels, and More Travels, 1985-1991 12. Worldwide Fame-Worldwide Demand, 1991-1996 13. The Center of Life: St. John Passion and St. John Easter, 1996-2004 Chronology of Gubaidulina's Life List of Works Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Michael Kurtz, Michael Brown Kurtz
• Assisted by: Malcolm Hamrick Brown (Editor), Michael Kurtz (Editor), Christoph K. Lohmann (Editor), Christoph K. Lohmann (Translation)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2007
• EAN: 9780253349071
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34907-1
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 243 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Russian Music Studies; Russian Music Studies
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies