| Dmitry Shostakovich Contributor(s): Fairclough, Pauline (Author) |
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ISBN: 1789141273 ISBN-13: 9781789141276 Publisher: Reaktion Books OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
| Series: Critical Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.70 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dmitry Shostakovich was one of the most successful composers of the twentieth century--a musician who adapted as no other to the unique pressures of his age. By turns vilified and feted by Stalin during the Great Purge, Shostakovich twice came close to succumbing to the whirlwind of political repression of his times and remained under political surveillance all his life, despite the many privileges and awards heaped upon him in old age. Through it all, Shostakovich showed a remarkable ability to work with, rather than against, prevailing ideological demands, and it was this quality that ensured both his survival and his musical posterity. Pauline Fairclough's absorbing new biography offers a vivid portrait of Shostakovich. Featuring quotations from previously unpublished letters as well as rarely seen photographs, Fairclough's book provides fresh insight into the music and life of a composer whose legacy, above all, was to have written some of the greatest and most cherished music of the last century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fairclough, Pauline: - Pauline Fairclough is professor of music at the University of Bristol and the author, most recently, of Classics for the Masses: Shaping Soviet Musical Identity Under Lenin and Stalin. |