The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years

by Simon Morrison

Book Overview

Sergey Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's greatest composers--and one of its greatest mysteries. Until now. In The People's Artist, Simon Morrison draws on groundbreaking research to illuminate the life of this major composer, deftly analyzing Prokofiev's music in light of new archival discoveries. Indeed, Morrison was the first scholar to gain access to the composer's sealed files in the Russian State Archives, where he uncovered a wealth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199753482
• ISBN13: 9780199753482
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"