Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich
by Solomon Volkov
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Author: Solomon VolkovComposer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-07-01
ISBN: 087910998X
Number of pages: 292
Publisher: Limelight Editions
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Book Review: Interesting as a reading, thought it seems to be a fake
Summary: 3 Stars
The fact that Volkov never answered to Laurel Fay, who suggested (in "Shostakovich vs. Volkov: whose Testimony", "The Russian Review", October 1980:484-493) that Volkov had "invented" this book seems to prove "Testimony" is not really the memories of Shostakovich, but something else. May be Shostakovich thought this way, but there is no evidence proving these are actually his thoughts. For the interested person "Shostakovich Studies," ed. by David Fanning (1995), and "Shostakovich: A life remembered" by E. Wilson (1994) are very good readings. "The New Shostakovich," by Ian MacDonald (1990), is largely speculative. "Shostakovich, the man and his music," ed. by C. Norris, though is already outdated (1982) includes very interesting contributions, some of them very biased. The biography of Shostakovich written by the Polish composser K. Meyer probably is vey interesting, but I did not heard it is available in English (it was published in German and perhaps French originally, I think). Jos? A. Tapia
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