The last Word / Thomas Nagel

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991003447449707536
• Autore: Nagel, Thomas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0195108345
• Descrizione fisica: 147 p. ; 22 cm.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Shostakovich [[electronic resource] ] : a life / / Laurel E. Fay

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784726003321
• Autore: Fay Laurel E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-772907-X; 0-19-988115-4; 0-19-518251-0; 1-280-53087-1; 0-19-535072-3; 1-4294-0479-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Disciplina: 780.92; 780.92B; 780/.92 B
• Soggetti: Composers - Soviet Union
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes list of works and glossary of names.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-422) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration; ; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Childhood (1906-1919); 2 Conservatory (1919-1926); 3 Spreading Wings (1926-1928); 4 Pioneer (1929-1932); 5 Tragedy-Satire (1932-1936); 6 Crisis (1936-1937); 7 Reprieve (1938-1941); 8 The War Years (1941-1944); 9 ""Victory"" (1945-1948); 10 Public and Private (1948-1953); 11 The Thaw (1953-1958); 12 Consolidation (1958-1961); 13 Renewal (1961-1966); 14 Jubilees (1966-1969); 15 Immortality (1970-1975); Notes; List of Works; Glossary of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; TU; V; Y; Z; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: For this post-cold-war biography of Shostakovich's illustrious but turbulent career under Soviet rule, Laurel E. Fay has gone back to primary documents: Shostakovich's many letters, concert programmes and reviews, newspaper articles, and diaries of his contemporaries.