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Sergey Prokofiev: Diaries 1915-1923

Sergey Prokofiev
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  • ISBN 9780571380923
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Sep 2026
  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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'I am sure that in time [Prokofiev's diaries] will come to be ranked among the great classic diaries of European literature. Truly impressive.' Alexander Waugh, Literary Review

The second volume of Sergey Prokofiev's recently uncovered Diaries covers the years 1915 to 1922. It describes in detail the genesis and the problematic path to performance of major works in his canon, and the life-changing experiences of living in war-torn and revolutionary Russia, and deciding to leave for the mythic America he had long dreamed of visiting. The Diaries chart the author's swings of fortune, the loneliness of the émigré, his encounters with a luminous range of personalities from music, theatre, art and literature, and the search for love and friendship, all cast in the burnished prose of a born master, not just of music, but of words.
About Sergey Prokofiev
Anthony Phillips learnt Russian in the 'Secret Classrooms' of National Service in the 1950s and later at Oxford. The language continued to influence his later career, during which he became general manager of London's Royal Festival Hall. His previous books include Story of a Friendship, his translation of Shostakovich's letters to Isaak Glikman, and Anton Chekhov: A Life in Letters (with Rosamund Bartlett). His first volume of Prokofiev's diaries (2006) was described by the New Statesman as an 'extraordinary achievement'.

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