Talk:Viola Sonata (Shostakovich)

massive quotation in third movement
It was recently discovered that in the third movement of the viola sonata Shostakovich quotes each of his 15 symphonies in order from rehearsal mark 70 to 73. Symphonies 1-12 are quoted in the viola, 13-15 are quoted in the piano. Most of them are pretty easy to spot as they are directly from the openings of his symphonies, though 11 and 13 are fairly hidden. Perhaps this information should be included in the wiki article?

Sokolov, Ivan (2012). "Moving towards an understanding of Shostakovich's viola sonata". In Contemplating Shostakovich: Life, Music and Film, pp. 79–94. Farnham: Ashgate Farnham.

Dkean86 (talk) 23:35, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Shafran transcription made with composer's "advice and approval?"
Is there any actual evidence that this was the case, other than that blurb on Allmusic? Considering that Shostakovich had only completed the score on July 6, 1975, was busy preparing Druzhinin for the forthcoming world premiere, and would be dead just over a month after completing the music, it seems unlikely that Shafran was familiar with the music while the composer remained alive, much less had gotten his consent to transcribe a work that hadn't even been premiered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CurryTime7-24 (talk • contribs) 17:28, 27 August 2020 (UTC)