shostakovich 10th copy
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Plan
• Vast opening moderato in E minor. • Short angry 2nd mvt in B flat minor. • AllegreBo in C minor as third mvt – full of personal shiGs in mood.
• Intro to Finale – moves to major mode – to triumphant unison ending.
• Personal asserKon of triumph? • Stalin portrait?
MoBo intervals
• Of stepwise minor third in first mvt. • Ballet/soloistic second subject. • Very long first mvt – moderato. • Rich low string writing – • First mvt – long introduction-like section. • Third mvt – DSCH theme – German
spelling of name – D (S=Eflat, C, H = B natural. Also 5 note theme E-A-E-D-A Elmira Nazirova).
Shostakovich 10th Symphony
• After 8 year hiatus – 1948 Zhdanov conference
and denunciations. Pubic humiliation. • Composed in 1953 – year of Stalin’s death. • Hailed as a masterpiece. • Recreation of classical romantic symphony –
Mahler. • Key of E minor – shades of Tchaikovsky. • Perhaps the most popular and acclaimed?
First Mvt • Neo-‐romanKc warmth – passion and intensity of Mahler and Tchaikovsky.
• MoBo interval – step-‐wise minor third. Not mono-‐themaKc.
• Second subject first mvt – ballet/dance. Clearly differenKated.
• Re-‐engagment with Russian romanKc tradiKon. • Rich string textures and Kmbres – start? • All moderato – no change to allegro • Avoids emphasing ¾ of movement – cross rhythms in 2/4.
Movement to second subject area
• Movt very long – 22 minutes! • Second subject aGer about 7 minutes! • First subject area includes solo for clarinet – but not so may solos as other symphonies.
• Climax at end of first sub area – then g.p. • Second subject slightly faster. • Themes more chromaKc ‘typsy anxiety’
Second Movement
• ‘Portrait of Stalin’ – descent into madness. • No real solos. • MoBo theme announced by strings. • Form ABA – B secKon starts with cymbal crashes. • Builds in fury with addiKon of percussion. • Return to theme even more ferocious. • All big climaxes in major keys. • Short mvt – as first is long.
Third Movement
• Mosaic structure – dance steps into notes – DSCH = D Eflat C B. Schumann Carnival and Bach. Slow with lively outbursts.
• Horn signal E A E D A – Elmina Nazirov. • Rising notes of moBo at very start. • Second subject has Shostakovich’s moBo.
Fourth Movement
• Slow intro into principal theme • Start on cellos and basses • Sonata form – 2 different subjects. • Allegro tune – light woodwind arabesques. • Second subject – Russian dance on strings
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