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Shostakovich, His Life and Times

Eric Roseberry

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Description:Much still remains to be discovered about Shostakovich the man. The recent defection to the West of his son Maxim, the highly esteemed conductor, adds to the personal enigma of a great composer whose official allegiance to Soviet Russia was never in doubt but whose music seems to speak a more ambiguous language. At last his music, life and times can now be viewed as a whole, and a book for the non-specialist reader attempting a preliminary survey of the ground based on available evidence is to be welcomed. Unquestionably Shostakovich, who died in August 1975, is one of the greatest composers of the century, and the central achievement of his universally admired fifteen symphonies and string quartets is a unique phenomenon in twentieth century music. Eric Roseberry's pioneering book, based on an extensive knowledge of the music and a panorama of available sources of information, both English and Russian, attempts to place this achievement in its social, political and cultural context. It draws on a wide variety of pictorial and documentary material ranging from literature, art and cinema to the family archives and letters and reminiscences of those who knew the composer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shostakovich, His Life and Times. To get started finding Shostakovich, His Life and Times, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 200

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 1982

ISBN: mPYZAQAAIAAJ

Description: Much still remains to be discovered about Shostakovich the man. The recent defection to the West of his son Maxim, the highly esteemed conductor, adds to the personal enigma of a great composer whose official allegiance to Soviet Russia was never in doubt but whose music seems to speak a more ambiguous language. At last his music, life and times can now be viewed as a whole, and a book for the non-specialist reader attempting a preliminary survey of the ground based on available evidence is to be welcomed. Unquestionably Shostakovich, who died in August 1975, is one of the greatest composers of the century, and the central achievement of his universally admired fifteen symphonies and string quartets is a unique phenomenon in twentieth century music. Eric Roseberry's pioneering book, based on an extensive knowledge of the music and a panorama of available sources of information, both English and Russian, attempts to place this achievement in its social, political and cultural context. It draws on a wide variety of pictorial and documentary material ranging from literature, art and cinema to the family archives and letters and reminiscences of those who knew the composer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shostakovich, His Life and Times. To get started finding Shostakovich, His Life and Times, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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