Shostakovich Studies (Paperback)

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: talking about eggs: musicology and Shostakovich David Fanning; 2. Public lies and unspeakable truth: interpreting Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony Richard Taruskin; 3. Form in Shostakovich's instrumental works Yuriy Kholopov; 4. Russian theorists on modality in Shostakovich's music Ellon D. Carpenter; 5.The cycle of structure and the cycle of meaning: the Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 67 Patrick McCreless; 6. Leitmotif in Lady Macbeth David Fanning; 7. From Lady Macbeth to Katerina: Shostakovich's versions and revisions Laurel E. Fay; 8. The Golden Age: the true story of the premiere Manashir Yakubov; 9. 'And art made tongue-tied by authority': Shostakovich's song-cycles Dorothea Redepenning; 10. A debt repaid? Some observations on Shostakovich and his late-period recognition of Britten Eric Roseberry; 11. Shostakovich and Schnittke: the erosion of symphonic syntax Alexander Ivashkin; Index.