How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

by Stephen Johnson

Book Overview

A powerful look at the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness, including author Stephen Johnson's struggle with bipolar disorder.

BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson explores the power of Shostakovich's music during Stalin's reign of terror, and writes of the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness. Johnson looks at neurological, psychotherapeutic and philosophical findings,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910749451
• ISBN13: 9781910749456
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Notting Hill Editions
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.7" x 7.4"