Shostakovich: A Life

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Shostakovich's life is a fascinating example of the paradoxes of living as an artist under totalitarian rule. Alone among his artistic peers, he survived successive Stalinist cultural purges and won the Stalin Prize five times, yet in 1948 he was dismissed from his conservatory teaching positions, and many of his works were banned from performance. He prudently censored himself, in one case putting aside a work based on Jewish folk poems. Under later regimes he balanced a career as a model Soviet - holding government positions and acting as an international ambassador - with his unflagging artistic ambitions.--Jacket.


  • | Author: Laurel E. Fay
  • | Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
  • | Publication Date: July 07, 2005
  • | Number of Pages: 492 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback
  • | ISBN-10: 0195182510
  • | ISBN-13: 9780195182514
Author:
Laurel E. Fay
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Publication Date:
July 07, 2005
Number of pages:
492 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0195182510
ISBN-13:
9780195182514