The people's artist
Subtitle: Prokofiev's Soviet years
By: Simon Morrison.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 491
ISBN-13: 9780195181678
Subjects: Prokofiev, Sergey, -- 1891-1953; Composers -- Soviet Union -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: This is a detailed chronicle of Prokofiev's career from 1932 to 1953, based on exclusive and extensive research conducted at several Russian archives. The book examines Prokofiev's decision to relocate to Stalin's Russia in 1936 and the composer's aesthetic and spiritual views.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1935-1938; title: The original scenario of Romeo and Juliet; title: 1938-39; title: The Pushkin centennial scores; title: 1940-43; title: The Eisenstein films and Tonya; title: The chronometer of Tonya; title: 1944-47; title: 1948; title: 1949-53.