"The book... includes... valuable essays and interviews, which move beyond the scholarly controversy to sketch a nuanced picture of Shostakovich s life under a totalitarian regime.... The Casebook contributors compellingly warn of replacing one mask with another, one black-and-white myth with its simple inversion." New York Times

..". an important and readable collection.... It presents a devastating critique of Volkov s claims and scholarly practices in Testimony." New York Review of Books

A Shostakovich Casebook brings together 25 essays, interviews, newspaper articles, and...

Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina (1931 ) has achieved international acclaim for her unique musical oeuvre which draws on Eastern and Western musical traditions and reflects a deep-rooted belief in the mystical and religious qualities of music.

Kurtz s biography of Gubaidulina is the first in any language. Based on her papers and extensive interviews with Gubaidulina, her colleagues, and family, the book places her life and the evolution of her work within the broader cultural and political context of the post-Stalin Soviet Union. For the English edition, the text has been revised...