Shura Cherkassky
Subtitle: the piano's last czar
By: Elizabeth Carr.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Subjects: Cherkassky, Shura.; Pianists -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ), discography (p.   ), and index.
Table of contents: title: Mother Russia; title: Baltimore : 1923; title: Shura and the palmist : the 1923-24 season; title: Prodigies compared : Shura and Jozio; title: The Hofmann years : 1925-1935; title: Around the world : 1935-1939; title: Shattered : 1940-1945; title: Oblivion to triumph : the postwar years; title: Shura and the gramophone; title: On stage; title: A conductor's nemesis; title: The last romantic?; title: The house of Steinway; title: On tour : U.S.S.R. : 1987; title: Understanding Shura; title: Prague : 1995; title: Final tributes.