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Playing with fire : the story of Maria Yudina, pianist in Stalin's Russia
Title
Playing with fire : the story of Maria Yudina, pianist in Stalin's Russia / Elizabeth Wilson.
ISBN
0300265689
9780300265682
9780300253931
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 331 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
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Summary
The first full biography of the fearless and brilliant Maria Yudina, a legendary pianist who was central to Russian intellectual life.
Variant and related titles
EBSCOhost eBook collection, Yale University Press.
Other formats
Print version: Wilson, Elizabeth, 1947- Playing with fire New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 03, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discography: pages 315-319.
Contents
List of Plates
Acronyms
Transliteration
Introduction
1. Childhood and Youth: Nevel', Petrograd
2. 1919-1927: Baptism, University Studies, Philosophical Circles
3. 1921-1927: Graduation and Start of a Musical Career
4. 1928-1933: Leningrad-Moscow via Tbilisi
5. 1933-1936: Moscow
6. 1936-1941: The Moscow Conservatoire and Musical Projects
7. 1941-1945: War and its Aftermath
8. 1945-1953: The Anti-Formalist and Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaigns
9. 1953-1960: The Thaw Years
10. 1960-1970: The Final Decade
Endnotes
Appendix
Bibliography
Selected Discography
Acknowledgements
Index.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
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