Brown Malcolm Hamrick (ed.) A Shostakovich Casebook

Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2004. — 413 p.In 1979, the alleged memoirs of legendary composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) were published as Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich, as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov. Since its appearance, however, Testimony has been the focus of controversy in Shostakovich studies, as doubts were raised concerning its authenticity and the role of its editor, Volkov, in creating the book.
Shostakovich Casebook presents 25 essays, interviews, newspaper articles, and reviews — many newly available since the collapse of the Soviet Union — that examine the "case" of Shostakovich. In addition to authoritatively reassessing Testimony's genesis and reception, the authors in this book address issues of political influence on musical creativity and the role of the artist within a totalitarian society.600 dpi (text layer, interactive table of contents).