Prokofiev : from Russia to the West, 1891-1935 / David Nice.
Prokofiev : from Russia to the West, 1891-1935 / David Nice.
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New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2003.
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N780.92/117
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English
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xvi, 390 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Russia: childhood and youth, 1891-1918 -- Prologue: Speak, memory -- 1. Of giants and battleships, 1891-1904: Youth and early works -- 2. Prokosha in St. Petersburg, 1904-6: First steps at the St. Petersburg Conservatory -- 3. A friend for life, 1906-9: Myaskovsky; other composers and inf...
9. Passion play, 1922-3: Bavaria; marriage; re-established Soviet links -- 10. Three steps of steel, 1923-5: Paris triumphs; extreme modernism; a constructivist ballet -- 11. From America to Bolshevizia, 1925-7: Success in the USA: first tour of the USSR -- 12. Stage and symphony, 1927-9: The Fie...
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Publisher
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2003.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2003.
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"Since 1991 - the year that marked both the fall of the Soviet Union and the centenary of Sergey Prokofiev's birth - a new assessment of the life and work of this remarkable and often elusive composer has become both possible and necessary. For this definitive study David Nice has drawn on an unprecedented range of new archival material, manuscript...
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Prokofiev : from Russia to the West, 1891-1935 / David Nice.
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Prokofiev a biography.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [357] - 359), discography and index.
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N780.92/117
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74VveaxdPGNb
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ISBN
0300099142 (hbk.)
9780300099140
0300099142
9780300099140 (hbk.)
DDC
780.92
MMS ID
991017081329702626
