Description
| Product ID: | 9781910749456 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | How Shostakovich Changed My Mind |
| Authors: | Author: Stephen Johnson |
| Page Count: | 172 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, 20th century & contemporary classical music, Composers and songwriters, Memoirs, Abnormal psychology, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Memoirs, Abnormal psychology, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama) |
| Description: | BBC broadcaster Stephen Johnson explores how Shostakovich's music took shape under Stalin's reign of terror. 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 against bipolar disorder. A powerful look at the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness, including author Stephen Johnson''s struggle with bipolar disorder. BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson explores the power of Shostakovich’s music during Stalin’s reign of terror, and writes of the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness. Johnson looks at neurological, psychotherapeutic and philosophical findings, and reflects on his own experience, where he believes Shostakovich’s music helped him survive the trials and assaults of bipolar disorder. There is no escapism, no false consolation in Shostakovich’s greatest music: this is some of the darkest, saddest, at times bitterest music ever composed. So why do so many feel grateful to Shostakovich for having created it—not just Russians, but westerners like Stephen Johnson, brought up in a very different, far safer kind of society? The book includes interviews with the members of the orchestra who performed Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony during the siege of that city. |
| Imprint Name: | Notting Hill Editions |
| Publisher Name: | Notting Hill Editions |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-26 |
