Shostakovich and His World Fay Laurel E.
Shostakovich and His World Fay Laurel E. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. This collection of essays goes far in expanding the…
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Shostakovich and His World Fay Laurel E.
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. This collection of essays goes far in expanding the traditional purview of Shostakovich's world, exploring the composer's creativity and art in terms of the expectations--historical, cultural, and political--that forged them.The collection contains documents that appear for the first time in English. But the story of his controversial role in history is still being told, and his full measure as a musician still being taken.
Shostakovich's answers to a 1927 questionnaire reveal much about his formative tastes in the arts and the way he experienced the creative process. Letters that young "Miti" wrote to his mother offer a glimpse into his dreams and ambitions at the outset of his career. His previously unknown letters to Stalin shed new light on Shostakovich's position