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Author Morrison, Simon Alexander, 1964-

Title The people's artist : Prokofiev's Soviet years / Simon Morrison
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 491 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents Plans gone awry, 1935-1938 -- Seeking the formula, 1938-39 -- The Pushkin centennial -- War and evaculation, 1940-43 -- The Eisenstein films -- The forefront of Soviet music, 1944-1947 -- 1948 -- Affirmation, 1949-1953
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-473) and index
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Subject Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
Prokof·ev, Sergej S.
Composers -- Soviet Union -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
Composers
Soviet Union
Sowjetunion
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199720514
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