Shostakovich: A Life Remembered is a unique study of the great composer, drawn from the reminiscences and reflections of his contemporaries. Elizabeth Wilson sheds light on the composer's creative process and his working life in music, and examines the enormous and enduring influence that Shostakovich has had on Soviet musical life.
'The one indispensable book about the composer.'
New York Times
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Shostakovich: A Life Remembered
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface to the Revised Edition, 2006
- Notes on the Text
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms
- CHAPTER ONE: Childhood and Youth
- CHAPTER TWO: The Young Composer Established
- CHAPTER THREE: Criticism and the Response to Criticism
- CHAPTER FOUR: The War Years – A Respite
- CHAPTER FIVE: The Final Years of Stalinism
- CHAPTER SIX: The Thaw
- CHAPTER SEVEN: Regeneration
- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Last Years
- APPENDIX: The First Cello Concerto
- Biographical Notes
- Annotated List of Sources
- Index
- Plates
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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