Prokofiev
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback edition in good condition. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Sergei Prokofiev stands as one of the twentieth century's most formidable musical voices — a composer of staggering range whose works traversed ballet, opera, symphony, and film with equal brilliance and audacity. Claude Samuel's authoritative study chronicles the life and artistic evolution of this singular Russian genius, tracing his journey from his prodigious early years through the turbulent demands of Soviet cultural orthodoxy, and into the creation of enduring masterworks such as Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolf, and the Classical Symphony. Samuel presents Prokofiev not merely as a historical figure, but as a living, contradictory force — a modernist who never abandoned melody, an exile who longed for his homeland, and an artist who refused to be broken by ideology. Written with sharp critical insight and an intimate familiarity with the music itself, this volume illuminates the tensions between artistic freedom and political constraint that defined Prokofiev's later career. For those drawn to the intersection of biography and musical analysis, Samuel's portrait leaves one wondering how genius survives — and what it costs.
Author: Claude Samuel
Format: Paperback
Published: 1971, -
Genre: Music
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback edition in good condition. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Sergei Prokofiev stands as one of the twentieth century's most formidable musical voices — a composer of staggering range whose works traversed ballet, opera, symphony, and film with equal brilliance and audacity. Claude Samuel's authoritative study chronicles the life and artistic evolution of this singular Russian genius, tracing his journey from his prodigious early years through the turbulent demands of Soviet cultural orthodoxy, and into the creation of enduring masterworks such as Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolf, and the Classical Symphony. Samuel presents Prokofiev not merely as a historical figure, but as a living, contradictory force — a modernist who never abandoned melody, an exile who longed for his homeland, and an artist who refused to be broken by ideology. Written with sharp critical insight and an intimate familiarity with the music itself, this volume illuminates the tensions between artistic freedom and political constraint that defined Prokofiev's later career. For those drawn to the intersection of biography and musical analysis, Samuel's portrait leaves one wondering how genius survives — and what it costs.