{"product_id":"shostakovich-companion","title":"Shostakovich Companion","description":"Adopting a two-books-in-one format. \u003ci\u003eThe Shostakovich Companion\u003c\/i\u003e combines a full-length, single-author examination of the life and compositional evolution of the Soviet Union's most famous composer; and a symposium in which a variety of analytical techniques is applied to selected Shostakovich works and genres. This is the first comprehensive English-language book in twenty-five years in which the primary emphasis is on musical issues, and the secondary emphasis is on the biographical and much-debated political issues.\n\nThe \u003ci\u003eThe Shostakovich Companion\u003c\/i\u003e is divided into four parts. Part I considers the hermeneutic techniques that have been applied to Shostakovich's music, along with the various controversies surrounding his life and his relationship to Soviet politics. Part II comprises the book's central life-and-works discussion, uniting a comprehensive examination of Shostakovich's compositional evolution with a full account of his life. Coming from a variety of authors, the chapters in Part III demonstrate a cross-section of analytical techniques that may usefully be brought to bear upon Shostakovich's music. These range from literary and cinematically-based methods to the more traditional types of musical analysis. Part IV considers three independent but crucial aspects of Shostakovich's life: his contributions to the Soviet film industry, his career as a pianist, and his legacy and influence as a teacher.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54220238225752,"sku":"9780313305030","price":86.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shostakovich-companion","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}