Testimony (The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich)

Testimony (The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich) ** By Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) ** Arranged by Solomon Volkov. Limelight. Softcover. 292 pages. Limelight Editions #087910998X. Published by Limelight Editions.

This is the powerful memoirs which an ailing Dmitri Shostakovich dictated to a young Russian musicologist, Solomon Volkov. When it was first published in 1979, it became an international bestseller. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy, as well as black-and-white photos.