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Shostakovich Brian Morton

Shostakovich By Brian Morton

Shostakovich by Brian Morton


$33.99
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

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.

Shostakovich Summary

Shostakovich: His Life and His Music by Brian Morton

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.

Shostakovich Reviews

'Brian Morton has composed a model biographical sketch buttressed by a sympathetic exegeses of the most important thing: the work.' -- Stephen Poole Guardian

About Brian Morton

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.

Additional information

GOR003969653
9781904950509
1904950507
Shostakovich: His Life and His Music by Brian Morton
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Haus Publishing
20061130
138
N/A
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