Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Born
November 24, 1934
Died
August 3, 1998 (age 63)
Place of Birth
Engels, ASSR nemtsev Povolzhya, RSFSR, USSR [now Engelsskiy rayon, Saratovskaya oblast, Russia]
Also Known As
Alfred Shnitke
Alfred Shnittke
Альфред Шнитке
Alfred Snitke
A. Shnitke
Alfred Schnittke
Biography
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."
