Shostakovich's preludes and fugues
Subtitle: contexts, style, performance
By: Mark Mazullo
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780300149432
Description: This is a book-length study in English of Shostakovich's largest work for piano, the 'Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues, Opus 87'. Mazullo describes the cultural contexts in which Shostakovich composed, relates the cycle to numerous piano works, and offers individual commentaries on each of the preludes and fugues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270), discography(p. 271-272), and index.