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The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years Morrison, Simon (Assistant Professor of Music, Assistant Professor of Music, Princeton University)
The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years
Morrison, Simon (Assistant Professor of Music, Assistant Professor of Music, Princeton University)
A detailed chronicle of Prokofiev's career from 1932 to 1953, based on exclusive and extensive research conducted at several Russian archives. The People's Artist examines Prokofiev's decision to relocate to Stalin's Russia in 1936, the mandated rewriting of such major works as Romeo and Juliet and War and Peace, and the composer's aesthetic and spiritual views.
464 pages, 10 halftones, 30 music examples
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 25, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199753482 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 512 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 34 mm · 762 g |
| Language | English |