Alfred Schnittke

ComposerMusic DepartmentSoundtrack
Born
November 24, 1934
Died
August 3, 1998
Awards
1 wins, 2 nominations

Born in Engels, an autonomous region for ethnic Germans on the Volga river, Alfred Schnittke trained as a pianist in Vienna, Austria, where his father served as a correspondent for a Soviet newspaper. In 1953, he moved on to the Moscow Conservatory and served on its faculty from 1962 to 1972.โ€ฆ

Biography

Born in Engels, an autonomous region for ethnic Germans on the Volga river, Alfred Schnittke trained as a pianist in Vienna, Austria, where his father served as a correspondent for a Soviet newspaper. In 1953, he moved on to the Moscow Conservatory and served on its faculty from 1962 to 1972. Schnittke wrote over 60 film scores between 1961 and 1984, but they were in popular styles dramatically different from his serious music, which was influenced strongly by Mahler, Ives, and Pousseur and was usually atonal. His music is often despairing, with surprising witty touches, including musical quotations from well-known works.

Self

Premier mouvementPremier mouvement(1977)as Self

Archive Footage

Kak ukhodili kumiryKak ukhodili kumiry(2005)as Self
Night DreamsNight Dreams(1999)

Known for

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