Sviatoslav Richter
Subtitle: pianist
By: Karl Aage Rasmussen ; translated by Russell Dees.
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hanover, [NH]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781555537104
Subjects: Richter, Sviatoslav, -- 1915-1997; Pianists -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Work titles: Svjatoslav Richter.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Letting the music speak; title: Images and chimeras; title: "A different kind of boy"; title: Odessa : the light and the dark; title: "I have had three teachers : my father, Wagner, and Heinrich Neuhaus"; title: Moscow; title: The World War from the sidelines; title: Nina lvovna; title: Prokofiev; title: Music, power, and musical politics; title: Shostakovich; title: The heartbreak; title: Pianist on the world stage; title: The nomad; title: Piano, pianist, music, and audience; title: The man behind invisible walls; title: Perestroika and glasnost; title: The final years; title: The end; title: Postlude; title: The musical legacy.