The music of Dmitri Shostakovich is now firmly established in Concert Halls and Opera Houses throughout the world; he is recognized as one of the master composers of this century. This is a detailed portrait of the composer through the memories of those who knew and worked with him. Using material never previously published in English as well as drawing extensively upon interviews that she conducted in the Soviet Union with his contemporaries, the author presents a chronicle of Shostakovich's life.
- ISBN10 0571174868
- ISBN13 9780571174867
- Publish Date 4 September 1995 (first published 18 July 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 September 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 544
- Language English