| Description |
303 pages : illustration ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286), discography (pages 277-283) and index. |
| Contents |
Letting the music speak -- Images and chimeras -- "A different kind of boy" -- Odessa : the light and the dark -- "I have had three teachers : my father, Wagner, and Heinrich Neuhaus" -- Moscow -- World War II from the sidelines -- Nina Lvovna -- Prokofiev -- Music, power, and musical politics -- Shostakovich -- The heartbreak -- A pianist on the world stage -- The nomad -- Piano, pianist, music, and audience -- The man behind invisible walls -- Perestroika and glasnost -- The final years -- The end -- Postlude -- The musical legacy. |
| Subject |
Richter, Sviatoslav, 1915-1997.
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Richter, Sviatoslav, 1915-1997. |
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Pianists -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
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Pianists. |
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Russia (Federation) |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Svjatoslav Richter. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009072971
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| ISBN |
9781555537104 cloth |
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1555537103 cloth |
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