Description
| Product ID: | 9780571226306 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Sergey Prokofiev: Diaries 1915-1923 |
| Subtitle: | Behind the Mask |
| Authors: | Author: Sergei Prokofiev, Anthony Phillips |
| Page Count: | 800 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, 20th century & contemporary classical music, Composers and songwriters, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Autobiography: arts & entertainment |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Diaries chart the author's swings of fortune, the loneliness of the émigré, his encounters with a luminous range of personalities from music, theatre, art and literature, and the search for love and friendship, all cast in the burnished prose of a born master, not just of music, but of words. The second volume of Sergey Prokofiev''s recently uncovered Diaries covers the years 1915 to 1922. It describes in detail the genesis and the problematic path to performance of major works in his canon, and the life-changing experiences of living in war-torn and revolutionary Russia, and deciding to leave for the mythic America he had long dreamed of visiting. The Diaries chart the author''s swings of fortune, the loneliness of the émigré, his encounters with a luminous range of personalities from music, theatre, art and literature, and the search for love and friendship, all cast in the burnished prose of a born master, not just of music, but of words. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-04-03 |