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The people's artist : Prokofiev's Soviet years / Simon Morrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrison, Simon, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
- Prokofiev, Sergey.
- Composers--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Composers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (520 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a detailed chronicle of Prokofiev's career from 1932 to 1953, based on exclusive and extensive research conducted at several Russian archives. The book examines Prokofiev's decision to relocate to Stalin's Russia in 1936 and the composer's aesthetic and spiritual views.
- Contents:
- 1935-1938
- The original scenario of Romeo and Juliet
- 1938-39
- The Pushkin centennial scores
- 1940-43
- The Eisenstein films and Tonya
- The chronometer of Tonya
- 1944-47
- 1948
- 1949-53.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-98056-0
- 0-19-972051-7
- 9786611980566
- OCLC:
- 922953949
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