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SHOSTAKOVICH,
Dmitri, 1906-1975
Sonate für
Viola und Klavier / Sonata for Viola and Piano, op.147.
Facsimile Edition.
detail of page
[Hamburg], c.2000. 24
x 32 cm, 8, 68 pp. Color
facsimile of the autograph fair copy issued on
the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the composer’s death. The
Sonata for Viola is Dmitri Shostakovich's last work, receiving its
premiere on October 1, 1975, after the composer's death.
As is the case with
other works of Shostakovich, quotations from his earlier compositions
as
well as quotations and
reminiscences from works by other composers play an important role in
the Viola Sonata.
During the days of its composition the composer wrote an open letter to
the musicians of the
world: “By building bridges into the future we must take care not to
burn the bridges
connecting today’s culture to its immortal past”; the Viola Sonata
demonstrates this living
connection between times and cultures with hypnotic power. Preface in
Ger-Eng-Rus by Manashir
Jakubov. Hardbound. $104
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