Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich Isaak Glikman Anthony Phillips
After considerable hesitation and soul-searching I have decided to publish the letters Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich wrote to me. This choice by the composer's close friend Isaak Glikman brought the tormented feelings of the musical genius into public view. Now those feelings resound in the first substantial collection of Shostakovich's letters to appear in English.From the early 1930s until his death in 1975 Shostakovich wrote regularly to Glikman, a Leningrad theater critic and historian. The 288 letters included in this volume began in 1941, at the time of Operation Barbarossa and the...
After considerable hesitation and soul-searching I have decided to publish the letters Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich wrote to me. This choice by th...
Sergey Prokofiev, a compulsive diarist and gifted and idiosyncratic writer, possessed an incorrigibly sardonic curiosity about individuals and events. When he left Russia after the 1917 Revolution, his diaries were recovered from the family flat in...
Sergey Prokofiev, a compulsive diarist and gifted and idiosyncratic writer, possessed an incorrigibly sardonic curiosity about individuals and events....
Dr Phillips's volume, like the others in the series, contains the text in the NEB translation, with introductory material preceding it, and a commentary.
Dr Phillips's volume, like the others in the series, contains the text in the NEB translation, with introductory material preceding it, and a commenta...
This book will help young men and women that are seeking to improve their self-esteem and haven't found the inspiration or motivation to do so. This Book Will Show You How To: Unlock your true potential for success and happiness Take control of your life Become the leader you were meant to be Believe in yourself and get others to believe in you Gain Confidence & Feel Better Be the person everyone looks up to Win friends and keep them Have the confidence to learn any subject and improve grades.
This book will help young men and women that are seeking to improve their self-esteem and haven't found the inspiration or motivation to do so. This B...
After a lot of saving up, combined with a year of Japanese language evening classes, Anthony finally feels prepared to visit a country that had always seemed too far away and too daunting to ever experience for real. Join him on an amusing amble through the streets of Tokyo, where you can take a swim in Shinjuku, go on a hunt for breakfast swords, discover English literate ducks, throw cat food at fish, pretend to be a rock-star, experience a bottom full of pins, participate in a spot of kiosking , travel on trains with crustaceans, marvel at a golden tadpole, commute like a local, travel up...
After a lot of saving up, combined with a year of Japanese language evening classes, Anthony finally feels prepared to visit a country that had always...
