Download or read book Twenty Four Preludes and Fugues on Dmitri Shostakovich written by Joanna Boulter and published by ARC Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boulter's book, a novella in an impressive variety of verse forms, translates the composer's life and fears into a musical language which, in all its respects, brings illumination to Shostakovich's gifts for honesty and truth under pressure.