Alfred Schnittke
Born: 24th November 1934, Engels, Russia
Died: 3rd August 1998, Hamburg, Germany
Nationality: German Soviet
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Soviet Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."
Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic Symphony No. 1 (1969–1972) and his first concerto grosso (1977). In the 1980s, Schnittke's music began to become more widely known abroad with the publication of his second (1980) and third (1983) string quartets and the String Trio (1985); the ballet Peer Gynt (1985–1987); the third (1981), fourth (1984), and fifth (1988) symphonies; and the viola concerto (1985) and first cello concerto (1985–1986).
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Popular Works: Schnittke
- A Paganini for violin solo (1)
- Cello Concerto No. 1 (2)
- Cello Sonata No. 1 (2)
- Cello Sonata No. 2 (1)
- Concerto for Oboe, Harp & String Orchestra (2)
- Concerto for Piano & Strings (1979) (2)
- Concerto Grosso No. 1 (3)
- Dialogue for Cello and Seven Performers (4)
- Gogol Suite (2)
- Hymn IV for violoncello, double bass, bassoon, harpsichord, harp, timpani and tubular bells (2)
- Madrigal In Memoriam Oleg Kagan for solo cello (1991) (2)
- Moz-Art à la Haydn (2)
- Nagasaki (1958) (2)
- Peer Gynt (1)
- Pianissimo für grosses Orchester (3)
- Piano Quintet, Op. 108 (2)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 (2)
- Polka (2)
- Prelude in memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich (2)
- Quasi una sonata (1987) for violin and chamber orchestra (4)
- Requiem (5)
- Schall und Hall (3)
- Septet for Harpsichord, Flute, 2 Clarinets, Violin, Viola and Violoncello (6)
- Serenade (1968) for clarinet, violin, double bass, percussion and piano (3)
- Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (2)
- Stille Musik for violin and cello (1)
- String Quartet No. 1 'in C' (1966) (5)
- String Quartet No. 2 (5)
- String Quartet No. 3 (5)
- String Quartet No. 4 (1989) (4)
- String Trio (4)
- Suite in the Old Style (4)
- Symphony No. 2 'St. Florian' (2)
- Symphony No. 4 (2)
- The History Of D. Johann Faustus (2)
- Three Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva (2)
- Trio for violin, cello & piano (2)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 (5)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 (2)
- Zwölf Bussverse (2)
