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Schnitt·ke

 (shnĭt′kĕ), Alfred 1934-1998.
Russian composer whose works include symphonies, chamber music, and ballet and film scores, as well as operas such as Life with an Idiot (1992).
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Schnittke

(ˈʃnɪtkə)
n
(Biography) Alfred. 1934–98, Russian composer: his works include four symphonies, four violin concertos, choral, chamber, and film music
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He inspired and premiered over 100 pieces and formed long-standing artistic partnerships withsuch prominent composers as Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Henri Dutilleux, Witold Lutoslawski, Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Norbert Moret, Andreas Makris and Benjamin Britten.
Suite in the Old Style, by Alfred Schnittke, edited by Alexander Shchetynsky.
Earlier, I concentrated mostly on the compositional generation that came into its prime in the 1960s, and it seemed to me that composers like Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Part, Bronius Kutavicius, Peteris Vasks, Giya Kancheli, Valentin Silvestrov, Tigran Mansurian, and others, i.e.
The Anne Potter Wilson Music Library at the Blair School of Music (Vanderbilt University) is pleased to announce the acquisition of two autograph manuscripts by composer Alfred Schnittke (1934--1998).
The quartet will be eight minutes, with two movements danced to two different piano concertos from Russian composers Dmitri Shostakovich and Alfred Schnittke.
The two musicians will perform an all-Russian programme, including Canzona for Cello and Piano in F minor by Sergei Taneyev, Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 by Alfred Schnittke and Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op.19 by Sergei Rachmaninov.
Baarn, Netherlands, February 07, 2015 --(PR.com)-- The first release to kick off the new year is Alfred Schnittke 3rd Symphony with Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin and conductor Vladimir Jurowski, who fell in love with Schnittke's Symphony at the tender age of sixteen.
The tale of love and immortality is accompanied by stirring music from four composers, Russians Rachmaninov and Alfred Schnittke; contemporary Estonian Arvo Part; and American Grammy award winner Michael Daugherty.
Not long ago, I mentioned Liza Minnelli to a 21-year-old woman, who looked as blank as if I'd mentioned Russian composer Alfred Schnittke. She'd never heard of Liza, Cabaret, or even Judy Garland.
He discusses the idea of "German music"; the work of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Nikos Skalkottas, Luigi Nono, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Gyorgy Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Alfred Schnittke, Hanz Werner Henze, and Wolfgang Rihm; the music of postmodern composers; multicultural phenomena in new music; nationalism and folklorism; principles of vocal composition; and the influence of Beethoven on the Schoenberg school.
answers NAME THE YEAR: 1998 WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN: Alan Shepard; Alfred Schnittke; Old Trafford, Manchester; 1996.
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