9 rows · This is the powerful memoirs which an ailing Dmitri Shostakovich dictated to a young Russian 4/5(3). · For the historian or musicologist, one sees through "Testimony" the society Shostakovich and his colleagues lived in, and composed in. For the musician, the groundwork is laid for gaining insight to Shostakovich the person, and thus the basic aspects of the composer's music: bitterness, sarcasm, satire, quotation, and a very direct, pointed language/5. · The life, politics, and music of Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich have been subjects of extreme controversy. Despite the turmoil of his dealings with Stalin, many people thought of him as a loyal servant of Russia and a masterful composer. It was not until the publication in of a book called Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich surfaced that debates began to take form that Author: Hanna Bahorik.
Testimony: the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Testimony: the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich by Volkov, Solomon; Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich, Publication date Shostakovich versus Volkov: Whose Testimony?* Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich, as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov. Translated by Antonina W. Bouis. New York: Harper Row, xli, pp. By LAUREL E. FAY The recent publication in the West of an apparently "authorized". In This Review. Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich. Edited by Solomon Volkov. pp, Harper, Purchase. The personal story, presumably authentic, of the Russian composer's struggle with himself and the constraints of the system to which he had to conform. A powerful searchlight that illuminates Soviet society and the.
Testimony: The Memories of Dmitri Shostakovich has undergone a lot of scrutiny since it was published in It was accepted as authentic by many at the time, was treated as a fraud and by others and with skepticism by people like Maxim Shostakovich. Testimony: the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich. by. Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich, ; Volkov, Solomon. Publication date. Topics. Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich, , Composers. Publisher. New York: Harper Row. Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich. Edited by Solomon Volkov. pp, Harper, Purchase. The personal story, presumably authentic, of the Russian composer's struggle with himself and the constraints of the system to which he had to conform.
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