Testimony : the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich

Author(s)

• Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich
• Volkov, Solomon
• Ashkenazy, Vladimir
• Bouis, Antonina W.

Bibliographic Information

Testimony : the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich

as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov ; with a new foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis

Limelight Editions, 2004

25th anniversary ed

• : pbk

Other Title

Svidetelʹstvo

Note

Translation of: Svidetelʹstvo

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.TH ETestimonyE changed the perception of Shostakovich's life and work dramatically and influenced innumerable performances of his music. THa ENew Grove DictionaryE

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA87191003
• ISBN:
  • 9780879109981
• LCCN: 2003022443
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: rus
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xliv, 289 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML410.S53
  • DC22 : 780/.92
  • DC22 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975
  • LCSH : Composers -- Soviet Union -- Biography