Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues: Contexts, Style, Performance

by M Mazullo (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $99.96

  Suitable for pianists wishing to play Shostakovich's work as well as for listeners, this work studies Shostakovich's largest work for piano, the Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues, Opus 87 . It describes the cultural contexts in which Shostakovich composed, and relates the cycle to numerous piano works (by Bach, Hindemith, and others).