Performing Pain : Music and Trauma In Eastern Europe.

This book looks at the ways in which art music in Eastern Europe responded to World War II and the Stalinist regime. The author looks at music by Schnittke, Ustvoskaya, Pärt and Gorecki, and how these composers addressed issues of pain and suffering. With an introduction, notes, bibliography and index. Music examples. Black & white photos.

256 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 0199734607
ISBN13: 9780199734603