Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians University Press of New England, 2007 Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography Viking Press, 1987; published in UK by Robert Hale (1987) in paper by Paragon House (1988) Spanish-language edition by Javier Vergara,Ed.(1988) Reissued by Northeastern University Press with a new foreword and afterword, in paperback, 2002 The Last Impresario: The Life, Times and Legacy of Sol Hurok Viking Press, 1994; Penguin paperback, 1995. Selected Letters of Sergei Prokofiev Translated, edited and with an introduction by Harlow Robinson Northeastern University Press; 1998 |
Books Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians
“A treat from start to finish, this lively and highly readable volume benefits from Harlow Robinson's unsurpassed historical rigor and gift for colorful observation, bringing to life the indispensable role played by Russian émigré artists in the complex, exciting, and glamorous development of Hollywood.” —- Catherine Portuges, Professor of Film Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Massachusetts “That rare film survey that manages to be effortlessly engaging without shortchanging on scholarship, “Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood’s Russians” is an essential cross-cultural synthesis of historical milestones and cinema iconography. -— Jan Stuart, Newsday.  Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography
authoritative biography of Soviet/Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), based on extensive archival sources in USSR and interviews, with a new foreword and afterword  Selected Letters Selected Letters of Sergei Prokofiev (translator and editor)
One of the most important and influential composers of the twentieth century, Sergei Prokofiev was also a prolific and gifted writer. This volume collects for the first time in English the most representative and enlightening of Prokofiev's letters, including some previously suppressed by Soviet censorship. Among the correspondents are ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev, theatrical director Vsevolod Meyerhold, Soviet critic/composer Boris Asafiev, composers Vernon Duke and Nikolai Miaskovsky, conductor Serge Koussevitsky and film director Sergei Eisenstein.  The Last Impresario The Last Impresario: The Life, Times and Legacy of Sol Hurok
Almost single-handedly, from the 1920s to the 1960s, Sol Hurok introduced American audiences to ballet and brought live dance, music and theater to small towns and cities across the country for the first time. Among those whom he brought to the American stage, and to all social classes, were Isacc Stern, Isadora Duncan, Marian Anderson, Rudolf Nureyev, Van Cliburn and ballet companies from the Royal to the Bolshoi to American Ballet Theatre. Hurok's career came to a brilliant climax with his presentations of Soviet attractions in the post-Stalin Cold War era. |
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