Derek Hulme is a jet engine designer and part-time dance band trumpeter. He has published numerous articles and recording notes on Shostakovich.

Reviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade...

• Chapter 1 Foreword to the Second EditionChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 Preface to the Third EditionChapter 4 AcknowledgmentsChapter 5 AbbreviationsChapter 6 IntroductionChapter 7 CATALOGUEChapter 8 BibliographyChapter 9 BBC BroadcastsChapter 10 APPENDICES: I Collections of Shostakovich's Music and Addresses of Music PublishersChapter 11 II Television and Theatre ProductionsChapter 12 III Information of the History of Recording, Four Special USSR Recordings, the Composer on Records, and Samplers of Shostakovich's MusicChapter 13 IV Chronological Chart of Main Works and Historical EventsChapter 14 V Abandoned Projects and Obscure and Doubtful WorksChapter 15 VI DSCH—the Composer's Monogram Compositions Based on DSCH by Other Hands, and TributesChapter 16 VII Index of Russian TitlesChapter 17 PostscriptChapter 18 Index of Names (figures refer to opus numbers)Chapter 19 Index of Compositions (figures refer to page numbers)

Derek Hulme is a jet engine designer and part-time dance band trumpeter. He has published numerous articles and recording notes on Shostakovich.

Reviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade...

• Chapter 1 Foreword to the Second EditionChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 Preface to the Third EditionChapter 4 AcknowledgmentsChapter 5 AbbreviationsChapter 6 IntroductionChapter 7 CATALOGUEChapter 8 BibliographyChapter 9 BBC BroadcastsChapter 10 APPENDICES: I Collections of Shostakovich's Music and Addresses of Music PublishersChapter 11 II Television and Theatre ProductionsChapter 12 III Information of the History of Recording, Four Special USSR Recordings, the Composer on Records, and Samplers of Shostakovich's MusicChapter 13 IV Chronological Chart of Main Works and Historical EventsChapter 14 V Abandoned Projects and Obscure and Doubtful WorksChapter 15 VI DSCH—the Composer's Monogram Compositions Based on DSCH by Other Hands, and TributesChapter 16 VII Index of Russian TitlesChapter 17 PostscriptChapter 18 Index of Names (figures refer to opus numbers)Chapter 19 Index of Compositions (figures refer to page numbers)