Shostakovich - A Coded Life in Music

A unique study of the great composer Dmitri Shostakovich which is an appraisal of both the composer and his music, and the tumultuous and dangerous years of the Russian century through which he lived.

About the author

Brian Morton was the literary editor of Times Higher Education and a regular contributor to the Times, and he has written for the Observer (Scotland) and the Scotsman. He is coauthor of the Penguin Guide to Jazz, and he lives in a former monastery in Kintyre in western Scotland.

 

Summary

A unique study of the great composer Dmitri Shostakovich which is an appraisal of both the composer and his music, and the tumultuous and dangerous years of the Russian century through which he lived.

Additional text

“Morton has composed a model biographical sketch buttressed by a sympathetic exegesis of the most important thing: the work.”

— Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Brian Morton
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781913368432
• ISBN: 978-1-913368-43-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Life & Times
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Biography: arts & entertainment, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Soviet style