Schnittke Studies

Gavin Dixon is an academic, writer, and editor based in Hertfordshire, UK. His studies with Professor Alexander Ivashkin at Goldsmiths, University of London, led to a PhD on the symphonies of Alfred Schnittke in 2007. Since then, he has continued to be active in Schnittke scholarship, as a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths and as a member of the editorial team for the Alfred Schnittke Collected Works edition, currently being published in St Petersburg. Gavin is also a Curator of Musical Instruments at the Horniman Museum in London. As a journalist, Gavin has contributed to a wide range of music publications including Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Tempo, Classical Music, and Limelight (Australia). He is also Music Editor of Fanfare, America’s leading classical CD review magazine.

Contents

Preface - Gavin Dixon

PART I - INTERPRETATIVE STUDIES

Chapter 1 ‘Crucifixus Etiam Pro Nobis’: Representations of the Cross in Alfred Schnittke’s Symphony No. 2 ‘St. Florian’ - Ivan Medić

Chapter 2 Alfred Schnittke and the Znamennyi Raspev - Emilia Ismael-Simental

Chapter 3 Negative Spirituality and the Inversion of Christianity as Media of Social Criticism in Alfred Schnittke’s Opera Life with an Idiot - Amrei Flechsig

Chapter 4 Polystylism as Dialogue: Interpreting Schnittke through Bakhtin - Gavin Dixon

PART II - THEORETICAL STUDIES

Chapter 5 Schnittke’s Polystylistic Schemata: Textural Progression in the Concerti grossi - Gordon E. Marsh

Chapter 6 Symmetrical Constructions in the Fourth Movement of Alfred Schnittke’s String Quartet No. 4 - Aaminah Durrani

PART III - RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 7 ‘Faith through Scepticism’: Desacralisation and Resacralisation in Schnittke’s First Symphony - Victoria Adamenko

Chapter 8 On the Late Style of Alfred Schnittke (The Instrumental Works) - Evgeniia Chigareva

Chapter 9 The Schnittke Code - Alexander Ivashkin

APPENDIX Revised Catalogue of Alfred Schnittke’s Sketches in the Juilliard Manuscript Collection - Ivana Medić