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Kirill Kondrashin
His Life in Music
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2009
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Kirill Kondrashin is regarded as one of the most brilliant Russian conductors of the 20th century and a great interpreter of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler. In Kirill Kondrashin: His Life in Music, Gregor Tassie presents a full biography of the artist, from his humble background and early conducting experience at age 17, through his 20 years in Leningrad and at the Bolshoi Theatre; from his breaking with the Bolshoi and the expanded symphonic career that followed, through his defection in 1978, and his unexpected death of a heart attack in 1981. Using first hand accounts and previously unavailable archive materials from the Soviet Party and KGB sources, Tassie provides a detailed view of Kondrashin's life and work, including his appointment as the first Russian conductor to visit America and meet President Eisenhower and his associations with such artists as Emil Gilels, David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Van Cliburn, and Dmitri Shostakovich. The book also supplies insight and information on the nature of the society in which Kondrashin lived, including political life in the Soviet Union from the 1920s until the 1970s and relations between East and West. Twenty photos are included, as well as a full discography, bibliography, and index, making this a fascinating resource for anyone interested in 20th century music, as well as life in the USSR.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-6974-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-6975-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
354
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Contents No access
List of Illustrations No access
Chronology No access
Introduction No access
Ch01. The Early Years No access Pages 1 - 18
Ch02. Universities: Khaikin and Meyerhold No access Pages 19 - 42
Ch03. Leningrad: The Maly Theatre No access Pages 43 - 68
Ch04. War No access Pages 69 - 84
Ch05. The Bolshoi: Samosud and Pasovsky No access Pages 85 - 114
Ch06. The Bolshoi: Golovanov’s Swansong No access Pages 115 - 146
Ch07. The Guest Conductor No access Pages 147 - 166
Photospread No access Pages C - M
Ch08. The Moscow Philharmonic No access Pages 167 - 206
Ch09. Shostakovich No access Pages 207 - 244
Ch10. The Finale: The Concertgebouw and Renewal No access Pages 245 - 286
