Playing With Fire: The Story Of Maria Yudina Pianist In Stalin&Apos S Russia Elizabeth Wilson Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Theatre

The First Full Biography Of Fearless And Brilliant Maria Yudina A Legendary Pianist Who Was Central To Russian Intellectual Life “Playing With Fire Is Ground-Breaking Work—A Phenomenal Towering Human Spirit Everlasting Relevance ”—Norman Lebrecht Wall Street Journal No Ordinary Musician An Incredibly Popular She Lived On Fringes Soviet Society Had Close Friendships Such Figures As Boris Pasternak Pavel Florensky Mikhail Bakhtin Legend Has It That Stalin’s Favorite At Height Her Fame During Wwii Broadcasting Almost Daily Radio Playing Concerts For Wounded Troops In Hospitals Submarines Performing Inhabitants Besieged Leningrad By Last Years Been Dismissed Ideological Reasons From Three Institutions Where Taught Yet According Shostakovich Remained “A Special Case Ocean Only Knee-Deep ” This Engaging Elizabeth Wilson Sets Yudina’s Extraordinary Within Context Times Musical Career Measured Against Intense Religious Ferment Postrevolutionary Period Ensuing Repression Σελίδες: 352 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0208 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm