Sergei Prokofiev : a biography / by Harlow Robinson.
| Author/creator | Robinson, Harlow |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Viking, 1987. |
| Description | xiv, 573 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Seryozhenka -- Harmony and revolution -- The bad boy of Russian music -- Free artist -- Out in the world -- Battle of the pianos -- Let us be like the sun -- Fugitive visions -- America -- A Scythian in Paris -- Ettal -- A tale of three Serges -- The prodigal on tour -- Choses en soi -- Our musical advance post -- A new simplicity -- From Macy's to Moscow -- Lessons in Soviet reality -- Mira -- Behind the lines -- Swan -- Before the storm -- Under fire -- "My soul hurts." |
| Abstract | Drawing on unprecedented access to previously unknown or unavailable Russian-language sources, including extensive archival material, Harlow Robinson traces Prokofiev's extraordinary life from the fairy-tale world of Czarist Russia, through his many years abroad in America and Europe, to his perplexing permanent return to Moscow in 1936 under the Soviet Regime. That Prokofiev died on the very day as Josef Stalin, his principal persecutor, was the final irony of his intense and enigmatic career. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-549) and index. |
| LCCN | 86040352 |
| ISBN | 0670804193 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.P865 R55 1987 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |