{"product_id":"the-peoples-artist-prokofievs-soviet-years-9780199753482","title":"The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years","description":"Sergey Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's greatest composers--and one of its greatest mysteries. Until now. In \u003cem\u003eThe People's Artist\u003c\/em\u003e, Simon Morrison draws on groundbreaking research to illuminate the life of this major composer, deftly analyzing Prokofiev's music in light of new\u003cbr\u003earchival discoveries. Indeed, Morrison was the first scholar to gain access to the composer's sealed files in the Russian State Archives, where he uncovered a wealth of previously unknown scores, writings, correspondence, and unopened journals and diaries. The story he found in these documents is\u003cbr\u003eone of lofty hopes and disillusionment, of personal and creative upheavals. Morrison shows that Prokofiev seemed to thrive on uncertainty during his Paris years, stashing scores in suitcases, and ultimately stunning his fellow emigrés by returning to Stalin's Russia. At first, Stalin's regime\u003cbr\u003etreated him as a celebrity, but Morrison details how the bureaucratic machine ground him down with corrections and censorship (forcing rewrites of such major works as \u003cem\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/em\u003e), until it finally censured him in 1948, ending his career and breaking his health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.14w x 1.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199753482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Morrison\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Music at Princeton University. He restored the original, uncensored version of \u003cem\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/em\u003e for the Mark Morris Dance Group, who performed its world premier in 2008.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937648328819,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1aa1ec69-8f0d-4dbd-af81-1e09cc063b08.jpg?v=1647994904","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-peoples-artist-prokofievs-soviet-years-9780199753482","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}