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Tartar-born composer Sofia Gubaidulina (1931- ) studied and worked in Moscow before moving to Germany. Russian, Caucasian, and Asian folk and ritual instruments and Western influences combined to make her work familiar, yet different from other compositions of the post-Stalinist years.

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Sofia Gubaidulina Biography, work list, article, reviews, links. www.schirmer.com/composers/gubaidulina_bio.html

A Russian Composer's Path to Freedom Article. www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/08/27/feat/music.1.html

Structural Symbolism in the Music of Sophia Gubaidulina Doctoral dissertation of Fay Neary, DMA, analyzing "In Croce" and "Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten" to explore the composer's strucural symbolism. web.ukonline.co.uk/fay.neary/gubaidulina

Sofia Gubaidulina Musica Classica Classical Music Dictionary entry with life, relationship to contemporaries, catalogue and discussion of works, and photograph. www.karadar.it/Dictionary/gubaidulina.html