n the evening of 5 March 1953, Prokofiev’s wife Mira was in the sitting room of the couple’s home near Red Square in Moscow, laying plans for a trip to the country which she felt her husband needed. He had not been well. The new year had brought a protracted bout of influenza and, in its aftermath, depression. ‘My soul hurts,’ Prokofiev
Prokofiev’s death is put in the shade by Stalin mania
Feb 21, 2023
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