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Classical/Opera Piano Solos
Author : Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher : G Schirmer, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,95 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781495007330
Classical/Opera Piano Solos
Author : Simon Morrison
Publisher : HMH
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 37,95 MB
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0547844131
This account of the renowned composer’s neglected wife—including her years in a Soviet prison—is “a story both riveting and wrenching” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Serge Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant composers yet is an enigma to historians and his fans. Why did he leave the West and move to the Soviet Union despite Stalin’s crimes? Why did his astonishing creativity in the 1930s soon dissolve into a far less inspiring output in his later years? The answers can finally be revealed, thanks to Simon Morrison’s unique and unfettered access to the family’s voluminous papers and his ability to reconstruct the tragic, riveting life of the composer’s wife, Lina. Morrison’s portrait of the marriage of Lina and Serge Prokofiev is the story of a remarkable woman who fought for survival in the face of unbearable betrayal and despair and of the irresistibly talented but heartlessly self-absorbed musician she married. Born to a Spanish father and Russian mother in Madrid at the end of the nineteenth century and raised in Brooklyn, Lina fell in love with a rising-star composer—and defied convention to be with him, courting public censure. She devoted her life to Serge and art, training to be an operatic soprano and following her brilliant husband to Stalin’s Russia. Just as Serge found initial acclaim—before becoming constricted by the harsh doctrine of socialist-realist music—Lina was at first accepted and later scorned, ending her singing career. Serge abandoned her and took up with another woman. Finally, Lina was arrested and shipped off to the gulag in 1948. She would be held in captivity for eight awful years. Meanwhile, Serge found himself the tool of an evil regime to which he was forced to accommodate himself. The contrast between Lina and Serge is one of strength and perseverance versus utter self-absorption, a remarkable human drama that draws on the forces of art, sacrifice, and the struggle against oppression. Readers will never forget the tragic drama of Lina’s life, and never listen to Serge’s music in quite the same way again.
Author : Alexandre Dossin
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1480317489
(Schirmer Performance Editions). 20 short pieces packed with the unique harmonies and melodies which set Prokofiev apart as a distinct voice in 20th century piano literature. With historical and performance notes and audio recordings. Late Intermediate to Advanced Level.
Author : Sergej S. Prokofʹev
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 18,66 MB
Release : 1989
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Author : Boris Berman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 29,52 MB
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0300145004
Boris Berman draws on his intimate knowledge of Prokofiev's work to guide music lovers and pianists through the composer's nine piano sonatas.
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Publisher : Warner Bros. Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,56 MB
Release : 1985-03
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ISBN : 9780769241609
Author : Sergey Prokofiev
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,21 MB
Release : 1963
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Author : Sergey Prokofiev
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 14,82 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Sergey Prokofiev
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,49 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : Christina Guillaumier
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,15 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783274482
The operas of Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) mark a significant contribution to twentieth-century music and theatre. Opera was Prokofiev's preferred genre; not counting juvenile and unfinished works, he wrote a total of eight. Yet, to date, little has been published about the context, rationale or musical and compositional processes behind this output. While systematic studies of Prokofiev's symphonies and his ballets exist, the operas have come under no such scrutiny. This book is the first in the English language to engage with the composer's operatic output in its entirety and provides a contextual, critical and musico-analytical account of all of Prokofiev's operas, including those juvenile works that are unpublished as well as the incomplete works composed towards the end of his life. It also includes synopses of the operas. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and other sources, the book provides the compelling untold story of Prokofiev the opera composer. CHRISTINA GUILLAUMIER is a music historian, pianist and writer on music. She is currently Head of Undergraduate Programmes at the Royal College of Music in London.