Contents

Contents
List of Plates and
List of Tables and
General Editor 's Preface
Abbreviations
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Introduction
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Placing Shostakovich and the Eighth Quartet
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The USSR and Shostakovich in the
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The Eighth Quartet: An Analysis
Layout of
Quotations, Allusions and Affinities
First Movement: Largo
Second Movement: Allegro
Third Movement:
Fourth Movement: Largo
Fifth Movement: Largo
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Appendix A:
tyazholoy nevoley (Tormented by
Captivity)
Appendix B: Documents
Shostakovich (letter)
2. Lev Lebedinsky
3. Shostakovich (interview)
4. Solomon
5. Matias Sokolsky
6. Nikolay
7.
8. Alexander Dolzhansky
9. Rudolf Barshai
Fanning, David
Shostakovich: String quartet no. 8
2004
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IDS Luzern
10. Alfred Schnittke
Appendix C: Recordings
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Bibliography
CD Information
Index
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CD Information
Rosamunde Quartett (Andreas Reiner
Anja Lechner vc)
Simon
Helmut Nicolai
Contents of the Compact Disc
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
[ 1 ] Langsamer Satz für Streichquartett
Langsam, mit bewegtem Ausdruck
9:47
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110
[2] Largo
[3] Allegro
[4] Allegretto
[5] Largo
[6] Largo
2:54
4:56
3:53
Emil Frantisek Burian (1904-1959)
String Quartet No. 4 Op. 95
[7]
[8] Rychle s
[9]
divoke tri
[10] Divoce s
5:01
2:54
3:01
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457 067-2. ©
ECM Records GmbH. Recorded in
1996 in the Stadttheater Eichstätt. Reissued by kind