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Author:
Carr, Elizabeth, 1935-
Title:
Shura Cherkassky : the piano's last czar / Elizabeth Carr.
Publisher:
Scarecrow Press,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xiv, 301 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Cherkassky, Shura.
Pianists--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-289), discography (p. 259-282), and index.
Contents:
Mother Russia -- Baltimore, 1923 -- Shura and the palmist, the 1923-1924 season -- Prodigies compared : Shura and Jozio -- The Hofmann years, 1925-1935 -- Around the world, 1935-1939 -- Shattered, 1940-1945 -- Oblivion to triumph : the postwar years -- Shura and the gramophone -- On stage -- A conductor's nemesis -- The last romantic? -- The house of Steinway -- On tour, U.S.S.R., 1987 -- Understanding Shura -- Prague, 1995 -- Final tributes.
ISBN:
9780810854109
0810854104 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)60705554
LCCN:
2005016897
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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