Music broadcaster and composer Stephen Johnson explores how Shostakovich’s music took shape under Stalin’s reign of terror, and how it gave form to the hopes of an oppressed people. Johnson writes of the healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness and tells of how Shostakovich’s music lent him unexpected strength in his struggle with bipolar disorder.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 172 ● ISBN 9781912559060 ● File size 0.2 MB ● Publisher Notting Hill Editions ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6398278 ● Copy protection Social DRM