Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Sound

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1934-11-24

  • Day of Death

    1998-08-03 (63 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Engels, ASSR nemtsev Povolzhya, RSFSR, USSR [now Engelsskiy rayon, Saratovskaya oblast, Russia]

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."

Known For

Crew