Episode Synopsis "Musicologist Investigates Shostakovich's Musical Language"

PhD candidate Matthew Heck first fell in love with Shostakovich as a young violinist. He has spent his time at Brandeis investigating the nuts and bolts of Shostakovich's musical language—an area that he feels has been somewhat neglected by anglophone theorists.

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