SCHNITTKE, Alfred
b Engels, Volga, 24 November 1934
d Hamburg 3 August 1998 aged sixty-four

He studied until 1958 at the Moscow Conservatory, and then taught instrumentation and composition there. He resigned in order to devote his time to composing.

1964 (30)

Music for piano and chamber orchestra

1965 (31)

Dialog, for cello and seven instruments

1966 (32)

String Quartet

1968 (34)

. . . Pianissimo . . ., for large orchestra

Concerto for oboe, harp and string orchestra

Serenade for clarinet, violin, double-bass, percussion and piano

Quasi una Sonata, for violin and piano

1978 (44)

Violin Concerto No 3

Sonata for cello and piano

1979 (45)

Symphony, St Florian

1979-80 (45-6)

Passacaglia, for orchestra

1980-1 (46-7)

Minnesang, for chorus

1981 (47)

Two Little Pieces for Organ

String Quartet

Symphony No 3

1981-2 (47-8)

Violin Concerto No 4

1982 (48)

Septet

Seid Nuchtern und Wachet . . ., cantata

1983 (49)

Schall und Hall, for trombone and organ