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Author Wilson, Elizabeth, 1947-

Title Rostropovich : the musical life of the great cellist, teacher, and legend / Elizabeth Wilson.

Publication Info. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B ROSTROPOVICH, MSTISLAV    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  780.92 R739    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-ROSTROPOVICH, M.    Check Shelf
Description xx, 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-362) and index.
Contents Beginnings -- Studies at the Moscow Conservatoire -- The start of a performing career -- The young teacher -- Contacts with composers I : from Glière to Prokofiev -- Establishing new performance standards (1952-62) -- An independent teacher -- Contacts with composers II : Shostakovich and his successors -- Interlude 1 : Natalya Shakhovskaya -- Popularizing the cello -- Interlude 2 : Aleksandr Knaifel -- The early 1960s -- Interlude 3 : Natalya Gutman -- Teaching principles : class 19 in the 1960s -- Interlude 4 : Karine Georgian -- Principles of interpretation -- Interlude 5 : Victoria Yagling -- The late 1960s -- Interlude 6 : Ivan Monighetti -- The final years in the Soviet Union.
Subject Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007.
Cellists -- Biography.
ISBN 9781566637763 cloth alkaline paper
1566637767 cloth alkaline paper
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