Gogoliad
Gogoliad | |
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Unfinished film score by Dmitri Shostakovich | |
Native name | Гоголиада |
Composed | March–May 1973 |
Published | Unpublished |
Scoring | Orchestra |
Gogoliad (Russian: Гоголиада, romanized: Gogoliada),[1] also referred to as Saint Petersburg Days (Russian: Петербургские дни, romanized: Peterburgskiye dni),[2] and Petersburg Tales (Russian: Петербургские повести, romanized: Peterburgskiye povesti),[3] is an unfinished film score composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was intended for the namesake film that was to have been directed by Grigori Kozintsev.[2]
Background
Origins
Development
Kozintsev notated his first ideas for what would become Gogoliad on November 2, 1969, during production of his
The director also sought to express how quotidian life gives way to explosions of emotions like catastrophes; a quality he felt was the essence of Russian art as descended from Gogol, through
Composition
In March 1973, Kozintsev discussed The Nose with Shostakovich, which led to the subject of the Gogoliad. Over the course of the next two months, Shostakovich worked on sketches and outlines for the film's score. Kozintsev hoped to apply Shostakovich's structural conception of his opera The Nose to the new film. He described the film as a "symphony" which would weave together various strands of Gogol's art. At the head of the draft for the script, Kozintsev noted that the film needed to be worked out in close cooperation with Shostakovich.[3] They agreed to begin pre-production work in late 1973, after the composer returned from a trip to the United States.[15] He presented the director with a copy of the Deutsche Staatsoper's recording of The Nose for study.[6]
Their project ended when Kozintsev died on May 11, 1973.[16] Shostakovich learned while traveling of Kozintsev's death. "What I shall do for cinema now, I don't know", he said to Izvestia.[17] John Riley, author of a monograph on Shostakovich's film music, observed that the unrealized Gogoliad "closed the loop [of the composer's film career] in two ways: with the director who... had been his first cinema collaborator; and with Gogol, the writer who had brought them together".[18]
In early 1975, Shostakovich reported that he was contemplating working on a diptych consisting of operas based on The Overcoat and Anton Chekhov's The Black Monk.[19]
References
Citations
- ^ Kozintsev 1986, p. 174.
- ^ a b McBurney 2023, p. 290.
- ^ a b Khentova 1985, p. 553.
- ^ Kozintsev 1977, p. 243.
- ^ Kozintsev 1977, p. 244.
- ^ a b Fay 2000, p. 281.
- ^ Kozintsev 1986, pp. 174–175.
- ^ Kozintsev 1986, p. 181.
- ^ Kozintsev 1986, p. 176.
- ^ Kozintsev 1986, p. 218.
- ^ Kozintsev 1986, p. 219.
- ^ Kozintsev 1986, p. 223.
- ^ Kozintsev 1986, p. 202.
- ^ Kozintsev 1986, p. 211.
- ^ Khentova 1985, p. 554.
- ^ Fay 2000, p. 274.
- ^ Shostakovich, Dmitri (1981). Grigoryev, L.; Platek, Ya. (eds.). Dmitry Shostakovich: About Himself and his Times. Moscow: Progress Publishers. p. 318.
- ISBN 978-1-85043-709-3.
- ISBN 9781409439370.
Sources
- Fay, Laurel (2000). Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-513438-9.
- Khentova, Sofia (1985). Шостакович. Жизнь и творчество (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Советский композитор.
- ISBN 0-520-03392-2.
- Kozintsev, Grigori (1986). Григорий Козинцев: Собрание сочинений в пяти томах (in Russian). Vol. 5. Leningrad: Искусство.
- McBurney, Gerard (March 2023). "Shostakovich: Work List" (PDF). Boosey & Hawkes. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.