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A vivid, absorbing new biography of Dmitry Shostakovich. 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 the whirlwind of political repression and he remained under political surveillance all his life, despite the many privileges and awards heaped upon him in old age. Yet Shostakovich had a remarkable ability to work with, rather than against, prevailing ideological demands, and it was this quality that ensured both his survival and his posterity.  Featuring quotations from previously unpublished letters as well as rarely-seen photographs, Fairclough provides a fresh insight into the music and life of a composer whose legacy, above all, was to have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. '...a wise and sympathetic portrait of a remarkable man, which will appeal broadly to musicians and music-lovers, to those who already love Shostakovich's music and those who would like to discover it for themselves.' — Gerard McBurney, Composer

Author Biography:

Pauline Fairclough is Professor of Music at the University of Bristol. She is a well-known authority on Soviet music and on Shostakovich in particular. Her last book, Classics for the Masses: Shaping Soviet Musical Identity Under Lenin and Stalin (2016) was co-winner of the BASEES Women’s Forum Book Prize in 2018.
Release date Australia
August 12th, 2019
Pages
240
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
25 illustrations
ISBN-13
9781789141276
Product ID
29195650

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