How Shostakovich changed my mind / Stephen Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Stephen, 1955- author.

Series:

Classic collection (Notting Hill Editions)

Classic collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich.

Johnson, Stephen, 1955---Mental health.

Johnson, Stephen.

Music therapy.

Mental health.

Physical Description:

xii, 155 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Honiton, Devon : Notting Hill Editions, 2018.

Summary:

"Music broadcaster and composer Stephen Johnson explores how Shostakovich's music took shape under Stalin's reign of terror, and how it gave form to the fears and hopes of an oppressed people. Johnson writes of the healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness and tells of how Shostakovich's music lent him unexpected strength in his struggle with bipolar disorder. Through interviews conducted with surviving members of Soviet orchestras, through his reading of philosophers, psychoanalysts, and neurologists, Johnson paints a compelling picture of one man's music and its power to validate and sustain another's man's life"--Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155).

ISBN:

1910749451

9781910749456

OCLC:

990019551

Publisher Number:

99981823240