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Shostakovich’s 9th Symphony. Conductor’s Perspective Beyond the Score

Author(s): Kalina Georgieva
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Издателство НМА „Проф. Панчо Владигеров”
Keywords: Shostakovich; Symphony No. 9 by Shostakovich; conductor’s analysis

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to analyze Shostakovich’s 9th Symphony from a conductor’s point of view. It contains essential data that is needed by the young conductor, prior to realizing the score. Style, dramaturgy and form peculiarities are presented, also key points, deserving director’s special attention. And so, the year is 1945. The war is over. The long awaited V-Day has come. Everybody is expecting Shostakovich’s new symphony…

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 143-156
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bulgarian