Sofia Gubaidulina
Born: 24th October 1931, Chistopol, Russia
Died: 13th March 2025
Nationality: Russian
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works. Her output has been described as exploring the tensions between Western and Eastern music, and has been characterised by "innovative use of microtonality and chromaticism, rhythm over form and use of contrasting tonalities.
Her compositions have been praised for their "emotional intensity", while she described her music as bringing legato, that is, a sense of "connected flow into the fragmented staccato of life." Alongside Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt and Edison Denisov, Gubaidulina was considered one of the foremost composers of the former Soviet Union who were disfavoured by the authorities including the KGB, but whose work became frequently commissioned and performed by major international orchestras, with her first major breakthrough being her violin concerto Offertorium (1980).
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Popular Works: Gubaidulina
- Allegro Rustico (1)
- Am Rande des Abgrunds (2)
- Bassoon Concerto (2)
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- Meditation on the Bach Chorale 'Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit' (2)
- Music for Flute, Strings & Percussion (2)
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- Piano Quintet (2)
- Quasi hoquetus (5)
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- Ravvedimento (Remorse) (3)
- Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H (2)
- Rejoice! (Freue dich) -Sonata for Violin and Cello (1)
- Repentance, for cello, bass and guitars (2)
- Serenade (1)
- Sieben Worte for cello, bayan and strings (2)
- Silenzio - Five Pieces for bayan (accordion), violin and cello (2)
- So sei es (So be it) (2)
- Song without Words, for trumpet & piano (1)
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- String Quartet No. 1 (2)
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Quantity deal. Sofia Gubaidulina: Homaage To Marina TsvetayevaChoral Score (CHOR)Sheet Music: $27.00
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Gubaidulina, S: Aus den Visionen der Hildegard von Bingen /...Vocal Score (ALTO/DB)Sheet Music: $17.25
