Author:
Wilson, Elizabeth, 1947-
Imprint:Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2008.
Descriptionxx, 387 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:Beginnings -- Studies at the Moscow Conservatoire -- The start of a performing career -- The young teacher -- Contacts with composers I : from Gliere to Prokofiev -- Establishing new performance standards (1952-62) -- An independent teacher -- Contacts with composers II : Shostakovich and his successors -- Interlude 1 : Natalya Shakhovskaya -- Popularizing the cello -- Interlude 2 : Aleksandr Knaifel -- The early 1960s -- Interlude 3 : Natalya Gutman -- Teaching principles : class 19 in the 1960s -- Interlude 4 : Karine Georgian -- Principles of interpretation -- Interlude 5 : Victoria Yagling -- The late 1960s -- Interlude 6 : Ivan Monighetti -- The final years in the Soviet Union.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-362) and index.
