Alfred Schnittke
Russia, 1958–1998
Inventor of polystylism — Baroque quotation, tango and dodecaphony colliding in one bar. The Concerto Grosso No. 1 and eight symphonies made him the voice of late-Soviet spiritual crisis.
Russia, 1958–1998
Inventor of polystylism — Baroque quotation, tango and dodecaphony colliding in one bar. The Concerto Grosso No. 1 and eight symphonies made him the voice of late-Soviet spiritual crisis.