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Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke

Known for Sound
Born

November 24, 1934

Died

August 3, 1998 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Engels, ASSR nemtsev Povolzhya, RSFSR, USSR [now Engelsskiy rayon, Saratovskaya oblast, Russia]

Also Known As

Alfred ShnitkeAlfred ShnittkeАльфред ШниткеAlfred SnitkeA. ShnitkeА. Шнитке

Biography

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."

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