Solomon Volkov

Solomon Volkov was a Soviet and American writer, musicologist, journalist and cultural studies scholar (born 1944). He was born at Khujand.

Also recorded as Solomon Moiseyevich Volkov.

Solomon Volkov in brief

Born
1944
Known for
writer, musicologist, journalist and cultural studies scholar
Place of birth
Khujand
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Identity and origins

Solomon Volkov was recorded at birth as Соломон Моисеевич Волков. The authorities additionally record the heading Solomon Moiseyevich Volkov. His recorded languages were Russian and English.

Catalogued works

30 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1945 to 2008.

Testimony. Russian symphony. Molodye kompozitory Leningrada, dated 1971. Istoriia kultury Sankt-Peterburga s osnovaniia do nashikh dnei. SHOSTAKOVICH AND STALIN: THE EXTRAORDINARY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GREAT COMPOSER AND THE BRUTAL DICTATOR. Recuerdos de Anna Ajmátova. Magical Chorus. Romanov Hanedani. Shostakovich and Stalin C Pbp. Shostakovich and Stalin. 20. Yüzyil Rus Kültür Tarihi; Tolsyoy'dan Soljenitsin'e Büyülü Koro. Dialogi s Vladimirom Spivakovym. Dialogi s Iosifom Brodskim. Conversation avec Joseph Brodsky, dated 2003. Istorii︠a︡ russkoĭ kulʹtury XX veka, dated 2008. Istorii︠a︡ russkoĭ kulʹtury XX veka ot Lʹva Tolstogo do Aleksandra Solzhenit︠s︡yna, dated 2008. Razgovory s Iosifom Brodskim, dated 1997. Saint-Pétersbourg, dated 2003. St Petersburg, dated 1997. Strasti po Chajkovskomu. Razgovory s Dzhordzhem Balanchinym, dated 2004. Conversations with Joseph Brodsky, dated 1998. Shostakovich i Stalin, dated 2004. ST Petersburg Clo, dated 1995. Strasti po Chaĭkovskomu, dated 1999. St. Petersburg--a cultural history, dated 1995. Balanchine's Tchaikovsky, dated 1985. De la Russie à l'Occident. Istorii︠a︡ russkoĭ kulʹtury v t︠s︡arstvovanie Romanovykh, 1613-1917. The Latest "Cauldron", dated February 8, 1945, stencil, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2010.216. No Pillbox Will Save the Enemy!, dated April 15, 1945, stencil, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2010.217.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Volkov, Solomon, Oxford Music Online, 2001. On Solomon Volkov and Testimony (1988, 1997), A Shostakovich Casebook, 2020. Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich, as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov, Telos, 1979. Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich as Related to and Edited by Solomon Volkov, Music Educators Journal, 2005. Solomon Volkov, Bol’šoj Teatr: Kul’tura i politika. Novaja istorija [Il Grande Teatro: Cultura e politica. Una storia nuova], Diacronie, 2019.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Saint-Pétersbourg : Trois siècles de culture (2003) — Internet Archive. The Magical Chorus (2008) — Internet Archive. Conversations with Joseph Brodsky (1998) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1944Solomon Volkov born at Khujand.
  2. 1971Molodye kompozitory Leningrada.
  3. 1998Conversations with Joseph Brodsky digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2003Saint-Pétersbourg : Trois siècles de culture digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2008The Magical Chorus digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Solomon Volkov”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2291992: Solomon Volkov

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