num_pages: 350
description: This is the powerful memoirs which an ailing Dmitri Shostakovich dictated to a young Russian musicologist, Solomon Volkov. When it was first published in 1979, it became an international bestseller. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy, as well as black-and-white photos.“ Testimony changed the perception of Shostakovich's life and work dramatically, and influenced innumerable performances of his music.”– New Grove Dictionary
language: English
title: Testimony: The Memoirs
titlecomplete: Testimony: The Memoirs
genres: 20th Century, Classical Music, History, Biography, Memoir, Autobiography, Music, Russia, Biography Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 857
publisher: Limelight