Jak za pomocą zoomu kamery filmowej [Moynahan] przybliża czytelnikom oblężonych cywil�w, oddziały żołnierzy zamarzające na obrzeżach miasta i wysiłki Szostakiewicza, by osadzić wojenne doświadczenia w muzyce tworzonej we względnym bezpieczeństwie ewakuacji [...]Leningrad: oblężenie i symfonia Moynahana przywraca do życia miasto, kt�re nie zgodziło się umrzeć.
Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands had died of their wounds, the cold, and most of all, starvation. The assembled musicians - scrounged from frontline units and military bands, for only twenty of the orchestra's 100 players had survived - were so hungry, many feared they'd be too weak to play the score right through. In these, the darkest days of the Se.
Leningrad: Siege and Symphony sets the composition of Shostakovich's most famous work against the tragic canvas of the siege itself and the years of repression and terror that preceded it.
A reissue of the vivid, compellingly researched biography of one of history's most celebrated martyrs - translator of the Bible William Tyndale, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible
The thrilling true story of a forgotten British hero of World War II.
This volume looks at the major events, people and stories of the 1950s through photographs that reveal the essence of those times. The decade began with the scars of war still visible everywhere and rationing still in place. It ended with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan claiming that people had never had it so good.
Covering the history of Christianity from Jesus' birth to the present, this book offers a thorough yet accessible exploration of key moments in the religion's development. Author Brian Moynahan presents a well-written narrative complemented by illustrations, making it a vital resource for Christians, historians, and anyone intrigued by a faith that has significantly influenced the modern world.
The Russian Century brings to life a hundred years of Russian history. It takes us from a costume ball in old St Petersburg to the 1917 revolution; from Stalin's atrocities to the Cold War; from glasnost to the Second Revolution in 1993, and to the chaotic state of contemporary Russia. Surprising and intimate portraits of artists, writers and politicians - Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Shostakovitch, Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky - are set alongside the faces of unknown peasants, workers and soliders; the dramatic moments of history in the making alongside the details of ordinary life.
Noch im Jahr 1900 herrschte Königin Victoria über ein Viertel der Menschheit, inzwischen hat Großbritannien mit Hongkong die letzte seiner Kolonien verloren. Dieser Band mit seinen zum großen Teil erstmals veröffentlichten Fotos aus dem gesamten Empire zeigt Glanz und Elend der ehemaligen Weltmacht.