Goodbye Russia by Fiona Maddocks

Goodbye Russia by Fiona Maddocks

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Zusammenfassung

'Delightful . Reeling from the trauma of a life in upheaval, he wrote almost no music and quickly had to reinvent himself as a fêted virtuoso pianist, building up untold wealth and meeting the stars - from Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin to his Russian contemporaries and polar opposites, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.

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Goodbye Russia by Fiona Maddocks

The moving story of Rachmaninoff's years in exile and the composition of his last great work, against a cataclysmic backdrop of two world wars and personal tragedy.
Praise for Music for Life (Faber)

'Fiona Maddocks's descriptions are dangerously moreish..a timely reminder of the importance of music.' - Anna Picard, BBC Music Magazine
Praise for Hildegard of Bingen by Fiona Maddocks:


'This entertaining book is a revelation.' - Daily Telegraph


Fiona Maddocks is the Classical Music critic of the Observer. She was founding editor of BBC Music Magazine and chief arts feature writer for the London Evening Standard, and has written for numerous other publications. She is the author of Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age, Harrison Birtwistle: Wild Tracks - A Conversation Diary with Fiona Maddocks and Music for Life.
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780571371136
ISBN 10 0571371132
Titel Goodbye Russia
Autor Fiona Maddocks
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Faber & Faber
Erscheinungsjahr 2023-06-01
Seitenanzahl 384
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