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Title: SHOSTAKOVICH
STRING QUARTET NO.8
By: David Fanning, Dr. Wyndham Thomas
Format: Mixed media product

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ISBN 10: 0754606996
ISBN 13: 9780754606994
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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 26 July, 2004
Series: Landmarks in Music Since 1950
Pages: 200
Description: This study examines the musical design of Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet in detail and seeks to overthrow the charges of superficiality that have arisen as a result of the work's popular success. The author argues that it is a landmark in 20th-century music.
Synopsis: When it was first performed in October 1960, Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet was greeted with a standing ovation and given a full encore. Its popularity has continued to the present day with over a hundred commercial recordings appearing during the last 40 years. The appeal of the work is not hard to identify; immediately communicative, the quartet also contains rich seams of deeper meaning. This book is the first to examine its musical design in detail and seeks to overthrow the charges of superficiality that have arisen as a result of the work's popular success. The core of this study is the close analysis of the work, but this is placed in context with a discussion of Shostakovich's reputation and historical position, the circumstances of the quartet's composition and the subsequent controversies that have surrounded it. The work was composed during the so-called 'Thaw' years of the Soviet Union, and the cultural and political backgrounds of this period are considered, together with Shostakovich's life and work during this time.David Fanning argues persuasively that the Eighth String Quartet is a landmark in twentieth-century music in its transcendence of the extra-musical meanings that it invokes; that it is 'music that liberates itself from the shackles of its context'. The book features an accompanying CD of the work.
Illustrations: Includes 2 b&w illustrations and 36 music examples
Publication: UK
Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Returns: Returnable
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COL. DAVID FANNING'S NARRATIVE OF HIS EXPLOITS AND ADVENTURES AS A LOYALIST OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, SUPPLYING IMPORTANT OMISSIONS IN THE COPY PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES - SCHOLAR'S CHOICE EDITION
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COMPANY ACCOUNTS (PB)
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THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN) (HB)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN) (HB)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN) (HB)
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THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (HB)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (PB)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (PB)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (PB)
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING (PB)
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THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING, (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN;) GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ADVENTURES IN NORTH CAROLINA, FROM 1775 TO 1783, AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING, (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN;) GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ADVENTURES IN NORTH CAROLINA, FROM 1775 TO 1783, AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING, (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN;) GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ADVENTURES IN NORTH CAROLINA, FROM 1775 TO 1783, AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING, (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN;) GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ADVENTURES IN NORTH CAROLINA, FROM 1775 TO 1783, AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL DAVID FANNING, (A TORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN;) GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ADVENTURES IN NORTH CAROLINA, FROM 1775 TO 1783, AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF (HB)
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