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Liudmila Kovnatskaya. The Main Themes: Britten, Shostakovich and Others

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В книге Л. Г. Ковнацкой «Главные темы: Бриттен, Шостакович и другие» представлены в широком историко-культурном контексте творческие фигуры композиторов-репрезентантов отечественной (британской, российской) и мировой музыкальной культуры XX века. В первом разделе подробно освещаются связи Бриттена с Россией, Прокофьевым, Шостаковичем, с венским кругом Малера; рассматриваются оперы Бриттена. Во втором цикле статей — «Шостакович в письмах, рукописях и документах» внимание исследователя привлечено к неизвестным ранее фактам, подтвержденным архивными документами. Плеяде ведущих музыкальных ученых разных поколений, их личности и судьбе, исследовательской и педагогической деятельности посвящается третий цикл. The book by Liudmila Kovnatskaya “The Main Themes: Britten, Shostakovich and Others” presents in a wide historical and cultural context the creative figures of the composers of the National (British, Russian) and the world musical culture of the 20th century. The first section gives a detailed consideration of connections of Britten with Russia, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and the Viennese circle of Mahler and operas by Britten. In the second series of articles “Shostakovich in Letters, Manuscripts and Documents” the researcher’s attention is drawn to previously unknown documented facts extracted from the archives. The third cycle is devoted to the Pleiade of famous musicologists of different generations, their personality and destiny, research and pedagogical activity.
St. Petersburg State Conservatoire named after Rimsky-Korsakov
Title: Liudmila Kovnatskaya. The Main Themes: Britten, Shostakovich and Others
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В книге Л.
Г.
Ковнацкой «Главные темы: Бриттен, Шостакович и другие» представлены в широком историко-культурном контексте творческие фигуры композиторов-репрезентантов отечественной (британской, российской) и мировой музыкальной культуры XX века.
В первом разделе подробно освещаются связи Бриттена с Россией, Прокофьевым, Шостаковичем, с венским кругом Малера; рассматриваются оперы Бриттена.
Во втором цикле статей — «Шостакович в письмах, рукописях и документах» внимание исследователя привлечено к неизвестным ранее фактам, подтвержденным архивными документами.
Плеяде ведущих музыкальных ученых разных поколений, их личности и судьбе, исследовательской и педагогической деятельности посвящается третий цикл.
The book by Liudmila Kovnatskaya “The Main Themes: Britten, Shostakovich and Others” presents in a wide historical and cultural context the creative figures of the composers of the National (British, Russian) and the world musical culture of the 20th century.
The first section gives a detailed consideration of connections of Britten with Russia, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and the Viennese circle of Mahler and operas by Britten.
In the second series of articles “Shostakovich in Letters, Manuscripts and Documents” the researcher’s attention is drawn to previously unknown documented facts extracted from the archives.
The third cycle is devoted to the Pleiade of famous musicologists of different generations, their personality and destiny, research and pedagogical activity.

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