The Breath of the Symphonist: Shostakovich's Tenth (Royal Musical Association Monographs, Vol 4) (Royal Musical Association Monographs, Vol 4) by Fanning, David (1988) Hardcover
Dr. David J. Fanning (born 1955) is a professor of music at the University of Manchester. He is an expert on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Carl Nielsen and Soviet music. He is the author and editor of a number of books, collaborating with wife, Michelle Assay, on a book about Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
As well as being a musicologist, he is also the pianist with The Quatuor Danel and a reviewer for The Daily Telegraph, Gramophone and BBC Radio 3.