How Long to Read Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914

How Long Does it Take to Read Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914?

It takes the average reader 14 hours and 11 minutes to read Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914 by Sergey Prokofiev

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Description

Prokofiev, a compulsive diarist, gifted and idiosyncratic writer, possessed an incorrigibly sardonic curiosity about individuals and events. When he left Russia following the 1917 Revolution, his diaries were recovered from the family flat in Petrograd and later hidden (at considerable personal risk by Myaskovsky). Prokofiev himself smuggled them out of the country after his first return to the Soviet Union in 1927. The later diaries, written in the West, were brought back by legal decree after the composer's death, to be kept in a special, inaccessible section of the Russian State Archive. Eventually Prokofiev's son Sviatoslav was allowed to transcribe the voluminous contents; when he and his son Sergei eventually emigrated to Paris they undertook the gigantic task of reproducing the partially encoded manuscript in an intelligible form.Volume 1 covers the bulk of the Prokofiev's years at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire ending with his triumphant graduation. Simultaneously attached to and exasperated by the traditions exemplified at this time by such famous men as Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Lyadov, Tcherepnin, the relentlessly brash young genius relishes the power of his talent to irritate, challenge and finally overcome the establishment, alongside unusually candid revelations of the all-too-normal preoccupations of a young man flexing his muscles in society.Taken as a whole, the Diaries represent an inexhaustibly rich portrait of one of the most vibrant periods in the whole of Western art, peopled by virtually every musician and artist of note. They constitute both an indispensable and an entertaining source of reference for all scholars and lovers of Prokofiev's music.

How long is Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914?

Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914 by Sergey Prokofiev is 835 pages long, and a total of 212,925 words.

This makes it 282% the length of the average book. It also has 260% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 23 minutes to read Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914 aloud.

What Reading Level is Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914?

Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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