Establishes beyond any doubt the enormous courage of one of the
giants of the age Dmitry Shostakovich's memoirs, Testimony,
`related to and edited by Solomon Volkov', have been the subject of
fierce debate since their publication in 1979. Was Testimony a
forgery, made up by an impudent impostor, or was it the deathbed
confession of a bent, but unbroken, man? Even now, years after the
fall of the communist regime, a coterie of well-placed Western
musicologists have regularly raised objections to Testimony, hoping
with each attack to undermine the picture of Shostakovich presented
in his memoirs that of a man of enormous moral stature, bitterly
disillusioned with the Soviet system. Here, Allan Ho and Dmitry
Feofanov systematically address all of the accusations levelled at
Testimony and Solomon Volkov, Shostakovich's amanuensis, amassing
an enormous amount of material about Shostakovich and his position
in Soviet society and burying forever the pictureof Shostakovich as
a willing participant in the communist charade. ALLAN B. HO is a
musicologist, DMITRY FEOFANOV a lawyer and pianist.
General
Imprint: |
Toccata Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
1998 |
First published: |
1998 |
Authors: |
Allan B. Ho
• Dmitry Feofanov
|
Dimensions: |
222 x 143 x 42mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
792 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-907689-57-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-907689-57-4 |
Barcode: |
9780907689577 |
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