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Book SynopsisDmitri Shostakovich was one of the great composers of the 20th century, the first major Soviet composer and a figure of some controversy. This third edition is an up-to-date catalogue of the composer;s works.
Trade ReviewReviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade... * Music & Letters *
Hulme's combing of secondary sources, Soviet and Western, has been laudably thorough...Where Hulme has already performed a heroic and indispensable service is in the compilation of an exhaustive discography. In its comprehensiveness and detail, it far surpasses any previous efforts; the book amply justifies its claim to usefulness by this feature alone. * Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association *
A massive work of scholarship and organisation. * Inverness Courier *
Derek Hulme's labour of love has turned into an essential reference work for scholars, publishers, performers, and of course, the ever growing number of concert goers whose love of Shostakovich's music goes beyond the superficial....this compendium deserves to be bought by libraries, both general and specialist. * The Slavonic and East European Review *
Reviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade. * Music & Letters *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword to the Second Edition Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Preface to the Third Edition Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Abbreviations Chapter 6 Introduction Chapter 7 CATALOGUE Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 BBC Broadcasts Chapter 10 APPENDICES: I Collections of Shostakovich's Music and Addresses of Music Publishers Chapter 11 II Television and Theatre Productions Chapter 12 III Information of the History of Recording, Four Special USSR Recordings, the Composer on Records, and Samplers of Shostakovich's Music Chapter 13 IV Chronological Chart of Main Works and Historical Events Chapter 14 V Abandoned Projects and Obscure and Doubtful Works Chapter 15 VI DSCH—the Composer's Monogram Compositions Based on DSCH by Other Hands, and Tributes Chapter 16 VII Index of Russian Titles Chapter 17 Postscript Chapter 18 Index of Names (figures refer to opus numbers) Chapter 19 Index of Compositions (figures refer to page numbers)
