Schnittke

[ shnit-kuh ]

noun

1. Alfred, 1934–1998, Russian composer.

Schnittke

/ ˈʃnɪtkə /

noun

1. SchnittkeAlfred19341998MRussianMUSIC: composer Alfred. 1934–98, Russian composer: his works include four symphonies, four violin concertos, choral, chamber, and film music

Example Sentences

They can be a matter of direct quotation, as when Schnittke uses the Grosse Fuge in his Third Quartet, or of something as clear as Bartók beginning his First with a slow canon echoing the methods of Beethoven’s Op.

From New York Times

Initially grouped with her fellow late Soviet-era composers Alfred Schnittke and Edison Denisov, Gubaidulina never settled on a definitive or identifiable style.

From New York Times

“I would say a mix of Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Schnittke and Prokofiev,” Dupree said in an interview, describing the elements that Kapustin blends with the blues.

From New York Times

By filming throughout the hall, with no audiences to inconvenience, video crews are able to capture angles spectators rarely see; in Cleveland, the views of Emanuel Ax’s fingers at the keyboard playing Haydn, or of Yefim Bronfman’s in Schnittke’s Concerto for Piano and Strings, are alone worth the price of admission.

From New York Times

It begins as a probing, superbly played, seemingly conventional performance, until it reaches an avant-garde new cadenza by Alfred Schnittke acts like a foreign agent determined to hack the whole concerto.

From Los Angeles Times