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Author Elphick, Daniel, author

Title Music behind the Iron Curtain : Weinberg and his Polish contemporaries / Daniel Elphick
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 298 pages)
Series Music in context
Music in context.
Contents Introduction -- Weinberg in Warsaw -- Socialist realism and socrealizm -- Avant-garde(s) -- Return and retreat -- Late style(s) -- Conclusion -- Appendices
Summary Mieczysław Weinberg left his family behind and fled his native Poland in September 1939. He reached the Soviet Union, where he become one of the most celebrated composers. He counted Shostakovich among his close friends and produced a prolific output of works. Yet he remained mindful of the nation that he had left. This book examines how Weinberg's works written in Soviet Russia compare with those of his Polish contemporaries; how one composer split from his national tradition and how he created a style that embraced the music of a new homeland, while those composers in his native land surged ahead in a more experimental vein. The points of contact between them are enlightening for both sides. This study provides an overview of Weinberg's music through his string quartets, analysing them alongside Polish composers. Composers featured include Bacewicz, Meyer, Lutosławski, Panufnik, Penderecki, Górecki, and a younger generation, including Szymański and Knapik
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 06, 2020)
Subject Vaĭnberg, M. (Moiseĭ)
SUBJECT Vaĭnberg, M. (Moiseĭ) fast
Subject Composers -- Soviet Union
Composers -- Russia (Federation)
Composers -- Poland
Music -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
Music -- Russia (Federation) -- History -- 20th century
Music -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
Composers -- Russia.
Composers
Music
Poland
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781108642774
1108642772