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Schnittke

American  
[shnit-kuh] / ˈʃnɪt kə /

noun

  1. Alfred, 1934–1998, Russian composer.


Schnittke British  
/ ˈʃnɪtkə /

noun

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

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She was one of three legendary, avant-garde Russian composers to be disgraced, along with Schnittke and Denisov.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025

“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 ● Aug. 24, 2021

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 ● Dec. 14, 2020

Off-kilter Baroque stylings recall Stravinsky and anticipate the meta-musical games of Alfred Schnittke.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017

Music is yet another obsession, as anyone who listened to the marvellously esoteric playlist he brought along to the BBC’s Desert Island Discs – Gil Scot-Heron to Schnittke, Frank Zappa to Shostakovich – can testify.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2016

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