Title: Russian theorists on modality in Shostakovich's music
Abstract: Russian music theorists have been focusing on the question of modality in Shostakovich's music since at least the years 1944–5, when the two earliest articles on this topic were written. However, the majority of works on mode in Shostakovich were written between the years 1966 and 1980. The study of mode itself, though, has a much longer history in the development of Russian music theory; mode in fact constitutes one of the most important subjects within that discipline. Thus a brief definition of mode, a history of its development and an introduction to some of the issues in Russian modal theory pertinent to the analysis of Shostakovich's modal language are herein presented as a form of prolegomenon to the discussion of mode in Shostakovich's music.
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-11-09
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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