Shostakovich paid special attention to the nuances of gogols language and aimed for an equal balance between music and theatre. Gogols farcical fable of officialdom has the government official kovalyev waking up to discover his barber has inadvertently cut off his nose while shaving, and while he tries to get it back and reattach it, the nose starts to pursue a career of its own at a higher civil service rank. At this time a lot of exciting new movies were being made in the soviet union. The metropolitan opera live in hd shostakovichs the nose. Nos, is dmitri shostakovichs first opera, a satirical work completed in 1928 based on nikolai gogols story of the same name 1836. In our catalog, you can find shostakovich sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument.
Based on a short story by nikolai gogol, its absurdist plot revolves around the exploits of a pompous government official and his nose. The nose is then beaten into its normal size, wrapped and returned to kovalyov by the inspector, but kovalyov is unable to reattach it. Musicological information on shostakovichs the nose the. Libretto by shostakovich, yevgeny zamyatin, georgy ionin, and alexander preis based on the story the nose by nikolai gogol. Dmitri shostakovich, one of russian cultures most acclaimed intellectuals who was censored under the dictatorship of joseph stalin, was an internationally recognized.
Setting literally word for word the dialogue from gogols tale of a nose that leaves its face in search of action and adventure, shostakovich s the nose is arguably the funniest opera of the twentieth century. This is the definitive recording of one of shostakovichs important operas, the nose. I cant speak to the exquisiteness of the translation, but its the one i read. Oct 21, 2016 shostakovichs first symphony and his first opera, the nose, point in the modernist direction his later music might have taken, had he not so spectacularly fallen foul of the soviet regime. Met opera on demand delivers instant access to more than 500 met performances, including live in hd videos, classic telecasts and radio broadcasts. The above is taken from the grove dictionary of music and musicians, attributable to laurel fay. Jun 16, 2017 shostakovich was only 20 when he began writing the nose, his operatic debut. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site. Set in st petersburg, dmitri shostakovichs satirical opera the nose received its premier in 1930. Shostakovich began his fourth symphony on september.
An anarchists hand grenade, is how one early performer described shostakovichs opera the nose. Based on nicolai gogols satirical short story of the same name written in 18351836 the opera tells the bizarre story of a government bureaucrat who loses his nose and embarks on a journey to get it back. The nose is the work of a young man eager to show off. The nose is one of shostakovich s earliest works and was written when he was in his early twenties. For listeners who think it is impossible to be atonal and funny at the same time, there is shostakovichs the nose. In many ways id say it sounds like it, and while there isnt really enough material to justify the three acts, it is really quite exciting to hear the way the unrefined and raw shostakovich thought. The torrent of vilification that was levelled at laurel fay during the. Shostakovich, d song of the forests the nose suite jurowski by dmitry shostakovich. In short, shostakovich thumbed his nose at the great tradition of ninths. Shostakovich evokes frothy gallops, slithering waltzes and circus bands with a fractured modernist brilliance that equals stravinskys. Set in st petersburg, dmitri shostakovichs satirical opera the nose received its. In volumes that contain facsimiles of compositional manuscripts, iakubov includes short articles, titled explanatory notes, which offer suggestions for. The life and music of dmitri shostakovich a curriculum unit for middle school students developed by.
Below is a complete performance of shostakovichs first opera the nose. Although the main concern of this discussion will be operatic translation in the second, conventional sense of the term, a few remarks must first be made about the. Nicole angotti, curriculum specialist and allegra azulay, outreach coordinator, center for russian, east european, and eurasian studies at the university of texas at austin. The catalogue of works of dmitri dmitrievich shostakovich 19061975 comprises no few er than 147. See new and popular shostakovich songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. Setting literally word for word the dialogue from gogols tale of a nose that leaves its face in search of action and adventure, shostakovichs the nose is arguably the funniest opera of the twentieth century. However, operas that were being written then were mostly quite uninteresting. With his first opera the nose, youngblood shostakovich produced a work typical of the roaring twenties, shortly. In his first dramatic work the composer immediately showed himself to be a master of musical drama, as well as a born avantgarde experimenter. Dimitri mitropoulos 18961960 conducting the philharmonic symphony orchestra of new york the new york philharmonic. A bach bicentennial tribute thesis presented to the graduate council of the north texas state university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of music by robert m. Orchestral interlude from act i of shostakovichs the nose. His satiric opera the nose composed 192728, based on nikolay gogols story nos, displayed a comprehensive awareness of what was new in western music, although already it seems as if the satire is extended to the styles themselves, for the avantgarde sounds are contorted with wry humour. Analysis by gerard schwarz part 2 our mission is to provide a free, worldclass education to anyone, anywhere.
Download the new ipad app to watch on your tv with apple tv via airplay. Shostakovichs opera, based on nikolai gogols tale of the nose, gave the young composer an opportunity to use his sense of humor with material from a great russian author. There were also some very interesting new plays in the theatres. What emerges is a direct quote from rebirth, the pushkin song that had been shostakovichs first reaction to the nightmare that was the pravda attack of the previous year. Gogol, diary of a madman and other stories, translated by ronald wilks, penguin books, 1987 reprint, pp. Shostakovich, dmitry all original works compositions and arrangements of this person are still under in canada, the eu, japan and elsewhere and are thus subject to immediate deletion. Mar 08, 2010 shostakovich evokes frothy gallops, slithering waltzes and circus bands with a fractured modernist brilliance that equals stravinskys.
For listeners who think it is impossible to be atonal and funny at the same time, there is shostakovich s the nose. As i mentioned in that earlier post the opera needs to be seen to be fully appreciated. Shostakovich was only 20 when he began writing the nose, his operatic debut. The famous theatre director vsevolod meyerhold had many new ideas. Originally issued in 1953 as columbia mono lp ml 4739. Dmitri shostakovich internationale musikverlage hans sikorski. After a visit to the barber, the nose absconds from the mans face and takes on a life of its own.
This revived production is likely to be of great interest to all opera fans. The nose valery gergiev, mariinsky kirov theater chorus on allmusic 2009. We index the freeto download classical mp3s on the internet. Shostakovichs first symphony and his first opera, the nose, point in the modernist direction his later music might have taken, had he not so spectacularly fallen foul.
Shostakovich confirmed that the noses connection with wozzeck is. Oct 03, 20 orchestral interlude from act i of shostakovichs the nose. Phrases that appear within parentheses and in italics, and the dots are as in the original. This is the definitive recording of one of shostakovich s important operas, the nose. Shostakovich sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. Vladislav sulimsky, alexei tanovitski, tatiana kravtsova, andrei popov. Based on a short story by nikolai gogol, its absurdist plot r. Dmitri shostakovich composer 19061975 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Here you can download free shostakovich 15 shared files found. These works are also probably still under in the u. But the lack of this aural stimulationof shakespeares eloquent wordsis recompensed in some measure by a splendid and stirring musical score by dmitri shostakovich.
If youre looking for a nice pdf version of gogols the nose, you can find one here. Sydney opera house director barrie koskys wild, grotesque, frenzied production resembles a. Free sheet music for piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn, trumpet, trombone. Although the nose has been revived with enormous success from time to time, its performances have never been as frequent as this brilliant work deserves. With close to 80 singing roles, albeit some of them have only a couple of lines, shostakovichs first opera, the nose, is a major logistical undertaking, to say. Iakubov is the curator of the dmitri shostakovich archive and the editor of the new collected works. Shostakovich is wanting to draw our attention to the fact that he himself is about to tell us something important. Shostakovich s opera, based on nikolai gogols tale of the nose, gave the young composer an opportunity to use his sense of humor with material from a great russian author. This is the powerful memoirs which an ailing dmitri shostakovich dictated to a young russian musicologist, solomon volkov. Shostakovich made a reduction of the choral score for voices and piano 15 the nose, opera in 3 acts after nikolai gogol orchestra 19271928 shostakovich assembled a suite from the nose, for tenor, baritone and orchestra as op. It was written in 1928, years before his many problems with censors and officials of the soviet regime, before the great terror, the purges, the second world war, the blockade of leningrad, and all the other tribulations he would eventually face. Shostakovich, though, takes these elements of the grotesque and surreal and political and ratchets them up to a wild level of intensity.
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