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
Product details
- Paperback | 350 pages
- 155 x 234 x 24mm | 603g
- 01 Jul 2004
- Limelight Editions
- New York, United States
- English
- 8th Anniversary ed.
- b/w photos
- 087910998X
- 9780879109981
- 28,302
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