Alfred Schnittke — Russian Composer born on November 24, 1934, died on August 03, 1998
Alfred Schnittke was a Soviet and Russian composer. Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic Symphony No. 1 and his first concerto grosso . In the 1980s, Schnittke's music began to become more widely known abroad with the publication of his second and third string quartets and the String Trio ; the ballet Peer Gynt ; the third , fourth , and fifth symphonies; and the viola and first cello concertos. As his health deteriorated, Schnittke's music started to abandon much of the extroversion of his polystylism and retreated into a more withdrawn, bleak style... (wikipedia)
