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Shostakovich: His Life and His Music (Life & Times)

Shostakovich: His Life and His Music (Life & Times)

by Brian Morton (Author)

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    Hardcover 2006

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Synopsis

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote 15 symphonies, chamber music, ballets and operas, the latter including Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk 1934, which was suppressed as too divorced from the proletariat', but revived as Katerina Izmaylova 1963.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 138
 Publisher: Haus Publishing
Published: 30 Nov 2006
ISBN 10: 1904950507
ISBN 13: 9781904950509

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'Brian Morton has composed a model biographical sketch buttressed by a sympathetic exegeses of the most important thing: the work.' -- Stephen Poole Guardian
Author Bio
Brian Morton has had many lives: he was a lecturer and broadcaster; he is a writer and composer. His Miles Davis in the Lifex series followed on from the huge success of his Penguin Guide to Jazz and the Blackwell Guide to Contemporary Music on Record.