Rethinking Prokofiev

by Patrick Zuk, Daniel Tooke, Ivana Medi, et al.

Book Overview

Among major 20th-century composers whose music is poorly understood, Sergei Prokofiev stands out conspicuously. The turbulent times in which Prokofiev lived and the chronology of his travels-he left Russia in the wake of Revolution, and returned at the height of the Stalinist purges-have caused unusually polarized appraisals of his music. While individual, distinctive, and instantly recognizable, Prokofiev's music was also idiosyncratically tonal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190670770
• ISBN13: 9780190670771
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"