| Description |
xiv, 301 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-289), discography (pages 259-282), and index. |
| Contents |
Mother Russia -- Baltimore, 1923 -- Shura and the palmist, the 1923-1924 season -- Prodigies compared : Shura and Jozio -- The Hofmann years, 1925-1935 -- Around the world, 1935-1939 -- Shattered, 1940-1945 -- Oblivion to triumph : the postwar years -- Shura and the gramophone -- Onstage -- A conductor's nemesis -- The last romantic? -- The house of Steinway -- On tour, U.S.S.R., 1987 -- Understanding Shura -- Prague, 1995 -- Final tributes. |
| Subject |
Cherkassky, Shura.
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Cherkassky, Shura. |
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Pianists -- Biography.
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Pianists -- Biography. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0810854104 hardcover alkaline paper |
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