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Dmitri Shostakovich
Derek C. Hulme
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Description for Dmitri Shostakovich
Hardback. Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the great composers of the 20th century, the first major Soviet composer and a figure of some controversy. This third edition is an up-to-date catalogue of the composer;s works. Num Pages: 720 pages, bibliography, footnotes, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1107.
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75) was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, and the first major Soviet composer. He is also a figure of some controversy, following the publication in the West in 1979 of his memoirs Testimony. Derek Hulme's catalogue of the composer's works was first published privately in 1982. This third edition adds greatly to the information contained therein and brings it up to date. For each numbered work and all the known unnumbered compositions, Hulme provides a short description of the piece, and lists date of composition, dedicatee, forces the work employs, location of the autograph score, duration, arrangements of the work, premiere(s), an extensive list of recordings, and reference to bibliography items where the piece is discussed in any detail. The entries are presented in order of opus number, with unnumbered compositions inserted appropriately within this chronological sequence. The catalogue is supplemented by a series of appendices, which includes a chronological chart of the composer's life and work and a discussion of the monogram DSCH, a musical motif based on his name that permeates his compositions.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810844322
SKU
V9780810844322
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About Derek C. Hulme
Derek Hulme is a jet engine designer and part-time dance band trumpeter. He has published numerous articles and recording notes on Shostakovich.
Reviews for Dmitri Shostakovich
Reviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade...
Music & Letters
Hulme's combing of secondary sources, Soviet and Western, has been laudably thorough...Where Hulme has already performed a heroic and indispensable service is in the compilation of an exhaustive discography. In its comprehensiveness and detail, it far surpasses any previous efforts; the book amply justifies its claim to usefulness by this feature alone.
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
A massive work of scholarship and organisation.
Inverness Courier
Derek Hulme's labour of love has turned into an essential reference work for scholars, publishers, performers, and of course, the ever growing number of concert goers whose love of Shostakovich's music goes beyond the superficial....this compendium deserves to be bought by libraries, both general and specialist.
The Slavonic and East European Review
Reviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade.
Music & Letters
Music & Letters
Hulme's combing of secondary sources, Soviet and Western, has been laudably thorough...Where Hulme has already performed a heroic and indispensable service is in the compilation of an exhaustive discography. In its comprehensiveness and detail, it far surpasses any previous efforts; the book amply justifies its claim to usefulness by this feature alone.
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
A massive work of scholarship and organisation.
Inverness Courier
Derek Hulme's labour of love has turned into an essential reference work for scholars, publishers, performers, and of course, the ever growing number of concert goers whose love of Shostakovich's music goes beyond the superficial....this compendium deserves to be bought by libraries, both general and specialist.
The Slavonic and East European Review
Reviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade.
Music & Letters