02118nam 2200409 450 991081178690332120230817182111.01-78914-190-7(CKB)4100000009185003(MiAaPQ)EBC5892632(EXLCZ)99410000000918500320191002d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDmitry Shostakovich /Pauline FaircloughLondon, England :Reaktion Books,2019.1 online resource (192 pages)Critical lives1-78914-127-3 Dmitry Shostakovich was one of the most successful composers of the twentieth century--a musician who adapted as no other to the unique pressures of his age. By turns vilified and feted by Stalin during the Great Purge, Shostakovich twice came close to succumbing to the whirlwind of political repression of his times and remained under political surveillance all his life, despite the many privileges and awards heaped upon him in old age. Through it all, Shostakovich showed a remarkable ability to work with, rather than against, prevailing ideological demands, and it was this quality that ensured both his survival and his musical posterity. Pauline Fairclough's absorbing new biography offers a vivid portrait of Shostakovich. Featuring quotations from previously unpublished letters as well as rarely seen photographs, Fairclough's book provides fresh insight into the music and life of a composer whose legacy, above all, was to have written some of the greatest and most cherished music of the last century.Critical lives (London, England)ComposersSoviet UnionBiographyComposersComposersComposers.780.924Fairclough Pauline1609193MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811786903321Dmitry Shostakovich3936318UNINA