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Sergey Prokofiev Diaries 1924-1933: Prodigal Son

Hardback

Main Details

Title Sergey Prokofiev Diaries 1924-1933: Prodigal Son
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sergei Prokofiev
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:1152
Dimensions(mm): Height 242,Width 161
Category/Genre20th century and contemporary classical music
Bands, groups and musicians
ISBN/Barcode 9780571234059
ClassificationsDewey:780.92
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 1 November 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The third and final volume of Prokofiev's Diaries covers the years 1924 to1933 when he was living in Paris. Intimate accounts of the successes and disappointments of a great creative artist at the heart of the European arts world between the two World Wars jostle with witty and trenchant commentaries on the personalities who made up this world. The Diaries document the complex emotional inner world of a Russian exile uncomfortably aware of the nature of life in Stalin's Russia yet increasingly persuaded that his creative gifts would never achieve full maturity separated from the culture, people and land of his birthplace. Since even Prokofiev knew that the USSR was hardly the place to commit inner reflections to paper, the Diaries come to an end after June 1933 although it would be another three years before he, together with his wife and children, finally exchanged the free if materially uncertain life of a cosmopolitan Parisian celebrity for Soviet citizenship and the credo of Socialist Realism within which it struggled to straitjacket its artists. Volume Three continues the kaleidoscopic impressions and the stylish language - Prokofiev was almost as gifted and idiosyncratic a writer as he was a composer - of its predecessors.

Author Biography

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) returned to his native Russia in 1933, having established himself as one of the leading 20th century composer-pianists. His works include the ballet Romeo and Juliet and the music for Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky, and he remains one of the most performed and popular composers world-wide.