商品簡介
Shostakovich's Eighth String Quarter was first performed in Leningrad in 1960. In this book/CD-ROM package, Fanning (music, Manchester University, UK) examines the piece's musical design in detail and counters the charges of superficiality that have arisen as a result of the work's popular success. A close analysis of the work is placed in context with a discussion of the composer's reputation and historical position, the circumstance's of the quartet's composition, and the controversies that have surrounded it. The CD-ROM features the piece. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
David Fanning is Professor at Manchester University Music Department, where he also studied. He has pursued a combined career as scholar, performer, broadcaster and journalist. Prof. Fanning is an authority on Russian and Scandinavian music, with two books on Shostakovich (The Breath of the Symphonist, RMA Monograph, 1998, and, as contributor-editor, Shostakovich Studies, CUP, 1995) and numerous articles and chapters in edited books.
