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A detailed chronicle of Prokofiev's career from 1932 to 1953, based on exclusive and extensive research conducted at several Russian archives. The People's Artist examines Prokofiev's decision to relocate to Stalin's Russia in 1936, the mandated rewriting of such major works as Romeo and Juliet and War and Peace, and the composer's aesthetic and spiritual views.

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painstakingly describe[s] the circumstances surrounding Prokofiev in his final years * G.S. Smith, Times Literary Supplement *
The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years should be on every serious music lover's Christmas list. * David Gutman, Gramophone *

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INTRODUCTION

The Peoples Artist Prokofievs Soviet Years

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 12 February 2010
      ISBN-13 9780199753482
      978-0199753482
      ISBN-10 0199753482
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A detailed chronicle of Prokofiev's career from 1932 to 1953, based on exclusive and extensive research conducted at several Russian archives. The People's Artist examines Prokofiev's decision to relocate to Stalin's Russia in 1936, the mandated rewriting of such major works as Romeo and Juliet and War and Peace, and the composer's aesthetic and spiritual views.

      Trade Review
      painstakingly describe[s] the circumstances surrounding Prokofiev in his final years * G.S. Smith, Times Literary Supplement *
      The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years should be on every serious music lover's Christmas list. * David Gutman, Gramophone *

      Table of Contents
      INTRODUCTION

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