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Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Description for Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov
Paperback. Testimony Editor(s): Volkov, Solomon. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
'A terrifying and unhappy book...' The Guardian
This astounding self-portrait covering the whole of Shostakovich's life (1906-1975) was prepared in collaboration with the distinguished Soviet musicologist Solomon Volkov. With the composer's consent, the manuscript was smuggled out of Soviet Russia - but Shostakovich, fearing reprisals, stipulated that the book should not appear until after his death.
Ever since its publication in 1979 it has been the subject of controversy, some suggesting that Volkov invented parts of it, but most affirming that it revealed a profoundly ambivalent Shostakovich which the world had never seen before - his life ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571227921
SKU
V9780571227921
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About Dmitri Shostakovich
Solomon Volkov is a musicologist and the author, most recently, of St. Petersburg: A Cultural History.
Reviews for Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov
"'I do not know of a musician who will not read it with compassion and admiration' Andre Previn"