Author: Phillips, Anthony
Title: Sergey Prokofiev: Behind the Mask Diaries 1915-1923
Description: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press, 2008. Hardcover. black cloth board with with washed tan dust jacket and bw photo. xxiii, 775 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits. contents as follows: The Diaries -- 1915 -- 1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- 1919 -- 1920 -- 1921 -- 1922 -- 1923 -- Appendix 1. Prokofiev's Notes on Characters in The Gambler, based on the descriptions in Dostoyevsky's novella -- Appendix 2. Description of 'The Seven' -- Appendix 3. 'The Russian Composer Prokofiev in Japan' / Eleonora Sablina -- Appendix 4. Musical America, 28 September 1918 / Frederick H. Martens -- Appendix 5. Interview in Vechernye Birzhevye Novosti, 12 May 1916 -- Appendix 6. 'Fantastic Lollypops' / Ben Hecht. "This second volume of Prokofiev's diary records an astonishing record of artistic accomplishment against a backdrop of cataclysmic change. The composer dodges gunfire in Petrograd during the February Revolution, but as a rule pays attention to political events only as they affect him personally. Composition and performance are the main concerns, along with the persistent and ultimately failed struggle to arrange a performance of his opera The Gambler. As in his Conservatory years, he also reveals his own aesthetic principles as he reacts to the work of others, sometimes with dark humor ("bored out of my life" by Mahler's 7th Symphony, "it is like kissing a stillborn child.")."--Jacket. Like new with instances of marginalia by a knowledgable hand and a moderate amount of very light pencil underlining throughout .
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Title: Sergey Prokofiev: Behind the Mask Diaries 1915-1923
Description: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press, 2008. Hardcover. black cloth board with with washed tan dust jacket and bw photo. xxiii, 775 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits. contents as follows: The Diaries -- 1915 -- 1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- 1919 -- 1920 -- 1921 -- 1922 -- 1923 -- Appendix 1. Prokofiev's Notes on Characters in The Gambler, based on the descriptions in Dostoyevsky's novella -- Appendix 2. Description of 'The Seven' -- Appendix 3. 'The Russian Composer Prokofiev in Japan' / Eleonora Sablina -- Appendix 4. Musical America, 28 September 1918 / Frederick H. Martens -- Appendix 5. Interview in Vechernye Birzhevye Novosti, 12 May 1916 -- Appendix 6. 'Fantastic Lollypops' / Ben Hecht. "This second volume of Prokofiev's diary records an astonishing record of artistic accomplishment against a backdrop of cataclysmic change. The composer dodges gunfire in Petrograd during the February Revolution, but as a rule pays attention to political events only as they affect him personally. Composition and performance are the main concerns, along with the persistent and ultimately failed struggle to arrange a performance of his opera The Gambler. As in his Conservatory years, he also reveals his own aesthetic principles as he reacts to the work of others, sometimes with dark humor ("bored out of my life" by Mahler's 7th Symphony, "it is like kissing a stillborn child.")."--Jacket. Like new with instances of marginalia by a knowledgable hand and a moderate amount of very light pencil underlining throughout .
Keywords: ; Russian Composer ; ;
Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 174253
- Book number: 174253
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