Testimony - The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich

Klappentext This is the powerful memoirs which an ailing Dmitri Shostakovich dictated to a young Russian musicologist, Solomon Volkov. When it was first published in 1979, it became an international bestseller. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy, as well as black-and-white photos."Testimony changed the perception of Shostakovich's life and work dramatically, and influenced innumerable performances of his music."- New Grove Dictionary

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• Authors: Dmitri Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich, Solomon Volkov
• Assisted by: Solomon Volkov (Editor), Antonina W. Bouis (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9780879109981
• ISBN: 978-0-87910-998-1
• No. of pages: 289
• Series: LIVRE SUR LA MU; LIVRE SUR LA MU; Limelight
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies