Mstislav Rostropovich : cellist, teacher, legend / Elizabeth Wilson
2007, 1st edition. London : Faber. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Includes 3 original colour photographs of Rostropovich loosely inserted. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Bookplate of Tony and Tania Webster. Item #394321
ISBN: 0571220517
Physical description: xviii, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-359) and index. Contents: Machine derived contents note: illustrations ix -- Pretace xi -- Acknowledgements xv -- Notes on the text xvii -- Introduction: A perspective on the Russian school of -- cello-playing i -- I Begminings 13 -- Studies at the Moscow Conservatoire 26 -- 3 The start of a performing career 41 -- 4 The young teacher 55 -- 5 Contacts with composers I: from Glire to Prokofiev 64 -- 6 Establishing new performance standards (195z-62) 79 -- 7 An independent teacher 10o4 -- 8 Contacts with composers II: Shostakovich and his -- successors r5a -- 5, -- ITERLUDE i Natalya Shakhovskaya 14I -- 9 Popularising the cello 148 -- INTERLUDE 2 Aleksandr Knafel 171 -- io The early 196os I78 -- INTERLUDE 3 Natalya Gutman zo6 -- ix Teaching principles: Class 19 in the 1960s z1I -- ITERLUDE 4 Karine Georgian 235 -- 12t Principles of interpretation 242 -- rNERLUDE 5 Victoria Yagling 69 -- 13 The late 1960os z79 -- TERLUDE 6 Ivan Monigheti 30o -- MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH -- 14 The final years in the Soviet Union 313 -- Epilogue 343 -- Appendix i: Rostropovich's cello students, 1947-74 349 -- Appendix z: Letter from Rostropovich to a number of Russian -- newspapers 352z -- List of sources 356. Subjects: Rostropovich, Mstislav 1927-2007; Moskovskaia gosudarstvennaia konservatoriia im. P.I. Chaikovskogo; Geschichte 1947-1977; Cellists ; Biography; Music Instruction and study Russia (Federation) Moscow; Violoncellistes ; Biographies; Musique Étude et enseignement Russie Moscou.
Price: €75.00