Shostakovich and Stalin : the extraordinary relationship between the great composer and the brutal dictator
Волков, Соломон, author (Author), Antonina W. Bouis (Translator) / Solomon Volkov (Author)
Presents the often tumultuous relationship between Shostakovich and Stalin, with Shostakovich striving to remain true to his musical ideals, at the same that he had to deal with the machinations and instability of Stalin
Print Book, English, 2004
First edition
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2004