258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1997. This is Volume 8 in a series of a planned eleven on Contemporary Music Studies. Edison Denisov belongs to the generation of composers who came to the fore in the post-Stalinist era and were destined to change the course of Russian music. It would be hard to find a more impressive case of "running against the stream" in the history of Russian music. This post-war... Read more
Introduction to the Series 1. A Biographical Outline 2. The Composer’s Inner World 3. The Composer’s Style and Techniques 4. Musical Compositions 5. Denisov on Music: Literary Writings and Public Statements
Biography
Yuri Kholopov and Valeria Tsenova, professors at the Moscow Conservatoire, are both well known for their work, published in Russia and abroad. They have written extensively on the compositions of Edison Denisov, whose works are considered modem Russian classics. The present volume represents a culmination of ten years of research on Denisov's work.
