Story of a friendship : the letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman, 1941-1975 / with a commentary by Isaak Glikman ; translated by Anthony Phillips
2001, 1st edition. London : Faber. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #427662
ISBN: 0571209823
Physical description; xliv, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published : Moscow : DSCH Publishers and St. Petersburg : Kompozitor Publishers, 1993, under title : Pis' ma k drugu. Contents; War and separation, 1941-1945 -- Zhdanovshchina and after, 1946-1953 -- Thaw, 1954-1959 -- Public face, private feelings, 1960-1966 -- Failing health, 1967-1969 -- Intimations of mortality, 1970-1975 -- Appendix 1: Satirical songs by Isaak Glikman -- Appendix 2: On the articles 'Muddle Instead of Music', and other matters. Subjects; Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitrievich 1906-1975 ; Correspondence. Glikman, I. (Isaak) ; Correspondence. Composers. Critics.
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