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Nuncle Music
Overview
Consisting of monologues from beyond the grave by the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, this vivid psycho-drama explores the struggles of the artist under Soviet rule and seamlessly blends hindsight, guilt, and tricks of memory. Though the struggles of Soviet life--the terror, the deprivation, the disappeared--haunt each piece, a Shostakovian vitality, acerbic wit, and mischief are also present: Hamlet farts through a flute, Stalin plays the triangle, a sparrow defecates on a musical score, and the composer brags he can light a campfire with one match in the middle of a gale.
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- ISBN-13: 9781847771537
- ISBN-10: 184777153X
- Publisher: Carcanet Press
- Publish Date: October 2013
- Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
- Page Count: 80
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