Irony, satire, parody and the grotesque in the music of D.D. Shostakovich

The music of Dmitriy Shostakovich has typically been regarded as containing a semantic message, that reflected the political environment in which he composed. Such interpretations inadvertently relegated his works to little more than political propaganda, disregarding not only his artistic skill but...

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Main Author: Sheinberg, Esti
Published: University of Edinburgh 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.661831