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SHURA CHERKASSKY
By: Elizabeth Carr

The Piano's Last Czar

The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
February 2006
On Sale: January 28, 2006
328 pages
ISBN: 0810854104
EAN: 9780810854109
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography

This biography documents the unique artistry and highly unusual life of the internationally acclaimed pianist Shura Cherkassky, who, at the time of his death in 1995, was universally recognized to be among the greatest pianists in music history, and the last link to the romantic piano tradition of Chopin, Liszt and Anton Rubinstein.