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In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when stalin put out his decree on formalism. there was a bulletin board in the moscow conservatory. they posted the decree, which said shostakovichs compositions and prokofievs were no longer to be played.

-Mstislav Rostropovich

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In 1948 The First Severe Crash Occurred

Mstislav Rostropovich

In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when stalin put out his decree on formalism. there was a bulletin board in the moscow conservatory. they posted the decree, which said shostakovichs compositions and prokofievs were no longer to be played.

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(i)t is simply wrong to confuse cowardice with appeasement. cowardice is a failing of character. appeasement is a failure of policy. stalin appeased hitler when he signed the molotov-ribbentrop pact. stalin was an evil character, to be sure. but cowardice really isn't the first word that comes to mind when thinking of stalin ' that word is “sexy.” i'm kidding, i'm kidding.

I think it was in moscow last year and i got changed for training the day before we played moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do john's, me and john were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. john had done them i think. so yeah it is true.

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If someone is brought in for an interview, for example, and is asked about their views on things, but has posted things that are completely contrary to the interview, frankly i have much more faith in what they posted than what they say during the course of an interview.

I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and i was surprised at how much of that feedback i actually used for the book.i posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and i was surprised at how much of that feedback i actually used for the book. it was a different process for me, but i liked it.

We got a wonderful present from stalin and hitler that they never meant to give us. we were immune for 60 years or so to aggression, racism and militarism. they made us partly immune to these things. now it appears this stalin-hitler present has reached its expiration date. we were spoiled by this. so maybe we are just emerging out of a relatively golden age.

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