Marina Frolova-Walker (Professor of Mus Professor of Music History, Jonathan Walker (Freelance Writer and Freelance Wr Private Teacher

Broschiertes Buch

Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5

Beschreibung

Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, created against the backdrop of one of Stalin's most infamous purges, is one of Shostakovich's most controversial works. It was Shostakovich's response to criticism that earned him disfavor in the eyes of officials, one that allowed him to regain artistic pride even as he won the approval necessary to regain his livelihood. This book explores this symphony in full and clues readers into secrets about it that took decades to uncover.

Autor

Marina Frolova-Walker is Professor of Music History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Clare College. She is the author of Russian Music and Nationalism from Glinka to Stalin (2007), Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics (2016), and co-author of Music and Soviet Power, 1917-32 (2012). Elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2014, and the recipient of the RMA Dent Medal for her outstanding contribution to musicology, Professor Frolova-Walker is committed to sharing the insights gained from her research with a wider public through talks, radio and TV appearances, and publications. Jonathan Walker is a London-based freelance writer and private teacher of advanced piano and composition. He is co-author of Music and Soviet Power (2012). He studied at Edinburgh University, at the Liszt Academy, Budapest, and at Queen's University Belfast, where he defended his PhD dissertation on the musical-work concept. He has taught at Queen's University Belfast and Cambridge University, performed on BBC2 television, given talks for BBC Radio 4, and published translations from French and Russian.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Keynotes
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 142mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9780197566336
• ISBN-10: 0197566332
• Artikelnr.: 68213437