How Shostakovich changed my mind / Stephen Johnson.

  • Johnson, Stephen, 1955-
Date:
2018
  • Books

About this work

Description

"I sensed the glimmering of a possibility. If Shostakovich could find the 'method', the thread of logic, in his teeming, cascading thoughts, then perhaps I could too."--Text on front cover.

"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 fears and 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. Through interviews conducted with surviving members of Soviet orchestras, through his reading of philosophers, psychoanalysts, and neurologists, Johnson paints a compelling picture of one man's music and its power to validate and sustain another's man's life"--Back cover.

Publication/Creation

Honiton, Devon : Notting Hill Editions, 2018.

Physical description

xii, 155 pages ; 19 cm.

Edition

First edition. Numbered 0318 of 1500.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155).

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    IVH /JOH
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781910749456