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240 10 a| Svjatoslav Richter.l| English=| ^A1080968;

245 10 a| Sviatoslav Richter :b| pianist /c| Karl Aage Rasmussen ; translated by Russell Dees.;

300 a| 303 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286), discography (pages 277-283) and index.;

505 0 a| Letting the music speak -- Images and chimeras -- "A different kind of boy" -- Odessa : the light and the dark -- "I have had three teachers: my father, Wagner, and Heinrich Neuhaus" -- Moscow -- World War II from the sidelines -- Nina Lvovna -- Prokofiev -- Music, power, and musical politics -- Shostakovich -- The heartbreak -- Pianist on the world stage -- The nomad -- Piano, pianist, music, and audience -- The man behind invisible walls -- Perestroika and glasnost -- The final years -- The end -- Postlude -- The musical legacy.;

520 a| Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) is widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. In this translation of the first full-scale biography of Richter, Danish composer Karl Aage Rasmussen combines his artistic appreciation of Richter's career with a sympathetic telling of the pianist's life based on family archives and interviews with people who worked and lived with him. Richter enjoyed early success in the Soviet Union, winning the Stalin Prize in 1949. He traveled and performed throughout Russia and Eastern Europe, and earned notice in the West via his recordings. In 1960 he toured in the West to great acclaim, including a run of successful performances at Carnegie Hall. He would remain an active performer throughout his life. Richter was an intensely private and withdrawn individual who disliked the glare and trappings of celebrity, even preferring to play small halls where the audience could concentrate on the details of his performance. The book also details his chronic depression and homosexuality, and the impact that this may have had in curbing his political activities. Rasmussen celebrates one of the giants of twentieth-century music while painting a realistic portrait of the often troubled double life that many Soviet citizens, especially public artists, were forced to lead.;

600 10 a| Richter, Sviatoslav,d| 1915-1997.=| ^A255096;

650 0 a| Pianistsz| Russia (Federation)v| Biography.=| ^A1098145;

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Sviatoslav Richter : pianist / Karl Aage Rasmussen ; translated by Russell Dees.

Author/creator	Rasmussen, Karl Aage
Format	Book
Publication Info	Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, ©2010.
Description	303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Richter, Sviatoslav, 1915-1997. Pianists--Russia (Federation). --Biography.

Uniform title	Svjatoslav Richter. English
Contents	Letting the music speak -- Images and chimeras -- "A different kind of boy" -- Odessa : the light and the dark -- "I have had three teachers: my father, Wagner, and Heinrich Neuhaus" -- Moscow -- World War II from the sidelines -- Nina Lvovna -- Prokofiev -- Music, power, and musical politics -- Shostakovich -- The heartbreak -- Pianist on the world stage -- The nomad -- Piano, pianist, music, and audience -- The man behind invisible walls -- Perestroika and glasnost -- The final years -- The end -- Postlude -- The musical legacy.
Abstract	Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) is widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. In this translation of the first full-scale biography of Richter, Danish composer Karl Aage Rasmussen combines his artistic appreciation of Richter's career with a sympathetic telling of the pianist's life based on family archives and interviews with people who worked and lived with him. Richter enjoyed early success in the Soviet Union, winning the Stalin Prize in 1949. He traveled and performed throughout Russia and Eastern Europe, and earned notice in the West via his recordings. In 1960 he toured in the West to great acclaim, including a run of successful performances at Carnegie Hall. He would remain an active performer throughout his life. Richter was an intensely private and withdrawn individual who disliked the glare and trappings of celebrity, even preferring to play small halls where the audience could concentrate on the details of his performance. The book also details his chronic depression and homosexuality, and the impact that this may have had in curbing his political activities. Rasmussen celebrates one of the giants of twentieth-century music while painting a realistic portrait of the often troubled double life that many Soviet citizens, especially public artists, were forced to lead.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286), discography (pages 277-283) and index.
LCCN	2009047996
ISBN	9781555537104 (cloth)
ISBN	1555537103 (cloth)

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