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How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

Language
English
Format
Category

Non-Fiction

Music broadcaster and composer Stephen Johnson explores how Shostakovich's music took shape under Stalin's reign of terror, and how it gave form to the hopes of an oppressed people. Johnson writes of the healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness and tells of how Shostakovich's music lent him unexpected strength in his struggle with bipolar disorder.

© 2018 Notting Hill Editions (Ebook): 9781912559060

Release date

Ebook: 2 April 2018

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