Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich / Edition 8

by Dmitri Shostakovich, Solomon Volkov

Overview

(Limelight). 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

ISBN-13:	9780879109981
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2004
Series:	Limelight
Edition description:	Anniversary
Pages:	350
Sales rank:	399,528
Product dimensions:	6.09(w) x 9.23(h) x 0.94(d)