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Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Harpercollins
Publication date
January 1, 1980
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780060144760
ISBN-10
0060144769
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Out of Print
Original list price
$15.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In reminiscences spanning his entire life, the musical titan of Soviet Russia recalls musicians, artists, and writers, conversations with Stalin, and seesawing ideologies and reveals himself as a tormented artist working under the most difficult conditions
Amazon.com description: Product Description: (Limelight). 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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Hardcover
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from Harpercollins (January 1, 1980)
9780060144760 | details & prices | List price $15.00
About: In reminiscences spanning his entire life, the musical titan of Soviet Russia recalls musicians, artists, and writers, conversations with Stalin, and seesawing ideologies and reveals himself as a tormented artist working under the most difficult conditions
About: In reminiscences spanning his entire life, the musical titan of Soviet Russia recalls musicians, artists, and writers, conversations with Stalin, and seesawing ideologies and reveals himself as a tormented artist working under the most difficult conditions
Paperback
With Vladimir Ashkenazy (other contributor), Solomon Volkov (other contributor), Antonina W. Bouis (other contributor) |
25 anv edition from Limelight Editions (January 1, 2004)
9780879109981 | details & prices | 336 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $22.99
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