Scarecrow Press
Pages: 304
Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-0-8108-5427-7 • Hardback • September 2005 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
978-1-4616-7453-5 • eBook • September 2005 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
Gregor Tassie has written numerous articles on music and performance in magazines such as The Gramophone, Musical Opinion, and Classical Record Collector, has worked on research projects for the BBC and documentary films, and has contributed notes for CD programs. Mr. Tassie presently teaches in Glasgow.
Part 1 Chronology
Chapter 2 1. The Mrovinksys
Chapter 3 2. "Zhenya"
Chapter 4 3. The Conservatoire
Chapter 5 4. "A Future Conductor of World Class"
Chapter 6 5. The Leningrad Philharmonic
Chapter 7 6. The Year 1937
Chapter 8 7. The Chief Conductor
Chapter 9 8. Evacuation
Chapter 10 9. The Great War
Chapter 11 10. The Great Victory
Chapter 12 11. The Year 1953
Chapter 13 12. Inna
Chapter 14 13. The Unfortunate Thirteenth
Chapter 15 14. The Years of Crisis
Chapter 16 15. The Patriarch
Chapter 17 16. The Last Concerts
Part 18 Appendix A: Andrey Zolotov Interview of Yevgeny Mravinsky
Part 19 Appendix B: Selected Discography
Part 20 Bibliography
Part 21 Index
Part 22 About the Author
This biography is highly recommended for all conductors, students of conducting, musicologists, and for the collections of academic and public libraries with larger music sections. It is a must read for music historians.
— American Reference Books Annual
...[a] fascinating new biography, which fleshes out our knowledge of one of the most mysterious icons of 20th-century music.
— The Financial Times
...extensive use of first-hand research and impressive marshalling of Russian-language sources, including material from the conductor's own diaries...
— Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
...an extraordinary story of this musical obsessive...
— Classical Music
Tassie, who has worked in the music world for many years, offers a biography of Russian conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903-1988) that reveals his connection to many prominent musicians. His most notable friendship was with Dmitri Shostakovich, whose music Mravinsky promoted at a time when Shostakovich was being criticized by the Soviet government. In addition to providing insight into the Soviet music world, the book follows Mravinsky's life and musical career throughout the twentieth century, as conductor with the Leningrad Philharmonic. The book also contains an interview with Andrey Zolotov, a chronology, and a selected discography.
— Reference and Research Book News