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Alfred Schnittke
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Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (Russian: Альфред Гарриевич Шнитке; born November 24, 1934 in Engels, USSR; died August 3, 1998 in Hamburg) was a soviet composer, pianist, theoretician of music and educator. His music is derived from various traditions: Russian (Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky), Germanic (Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg), and American (Charles Ives). On his mother’s side he was of Volga German and Roman Catholic extraction, on his father’s side he was German-Jewish. His sense that his background set him apart from the majority in the USSR was reinforced when, from 1945-48, his father was posted to Vienna, and the delighted boy discovered Austro-German cultural and musical traditions. He entered the Moscow Conservatory in 1953, completed post-graduate work in 1961, and from then on earned his living, partly by teaching, partly by writing for the cinema (nearly 70 scores in 30 years). Fired by the rebellious modernism prevailing in Moscow in the early 1960s, Schnittke embarked on a voyage of compositional discovery. His works of the 1960s show him embracing the modernist and avant-garde fascinations of the time. Outstanding among his pieces of this period are 2 violin sonatas (1964, 1968), and the String Quartet No.1 and Violin Concerto No.2 (both 1966). In 1972 he finished the massive First Symphony, blending Soviet symphonic thought, often parodied, with highly experimental elements. This powerful work established him as a leader of Soviet modern music, loathe
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Die Geschichte Eines Unbekannten Schauspielers (The Story of the Unknown Actor): Waltzer (Abschied)
15,2172Fuga for solo violin
12,0303Klingende Buchstaben for solo cello
11,8144Lento
10,0185Moderato
8,6506Andante
8,6027Piano Quintet, V
8,2228Die Geschichte Eines Unbekannten Schauspielers (The Story of the Unknown Actor): Thema - Titelmusik
6,9359Concerto Grosso No. 1 - Cadenz
6,25910Concerto Grosso No. 1 - Toccat
6,184albums
SCHNITTKE: Piano Quintet / String Trio / Stille Musik
Concerti Grossi Nos. 1 & 5
Schnittke, A.: Film Music, Vol. 1
Schnittke: Symphony No. 4 / Requiem
SCHNITTKE: Cello Concerto / Stille Musik / Cello Sonata
Schnittke: Konzert für Chor, Stimmen der Natur & 3 Geistliche Gesänge - Pärt: Dopo la vittoria
Schnittke: String Quartet No. 3, Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet - Mahler: Piano Quartet
Schnittke: Piano Quintet / String Trio / Piano Quartet / Canon
Schnittke: Quatuor et Quintette avec piano - Trio à cordes
Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano
Schnittke: Concerto grosso No.1; Quasi una sonata; Moz-Art à la Haydn
Schnittke: String Quartets Nos. 1-3