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Rostropovich : the musical life of the great cellist, teacher, and legend / Elizabeth Wilson.

Author/creator Wilson, Elizabeth, 1947-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2008.
Descriptionxx, 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Beginnings -- Studies at the Moscow Conservatoire -- The start of a performing career -- The young teacher -- Contacts with composers I : from Glière to Prokofiev -- Establishing new performance standards (1952-62) -- An independent teacher -- Contacts with composers II : Shostakovich and his successors -- Interlude 1 : Natalya Shakhovskaya -- Popularizing the cello -- Interlude 2 : Aleksandr Knaifel -- The early 1960s -- Interlude 3 : Natalya Gutman -- Teaching principles : class 19 in the 1960s -- Interlude 4 : Karine Georgian -- Principles of interpretation -- Interlude 5 : Victoria Yagling -- The late 1960s -- Interlude 6 : Ivan Monighetti -- The final years in the Soviet Union.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 359-362) and index.
LCCN 2007029875
ISBN9781566637763 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1566637767 (cloth : alk. paper)

Available Items

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Music Music Stacks ML418.R77 W55 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold