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 Stalin then attended a concert. The next morning, the state daily Pravda denounced the art, claiming that it harmed the Soviet spirit. The opera vanished suddenly, and every newspaper and political group in the country launched personal assaults on its composer. Shostakovich lived in terror, sleeping in the stairway outside his apartment to protect his family from the prospect of his arrest.[([[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/mar/26/classicalmusicandopera.russia|The Guardian]])] Stalin then attended a concert. The next morning, the state daily Pravda denounced the art, claiming that it harmed the Soviet spirit. The opera vanished suddenly, and every newspaper and political group in the country launched personal assaults on its composer. Shostakovich lived in terror, sleeping in the stairway outside his apartment to protect his family from the prospect of his arrest.[([[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/mar/26/classicalmusicandopera.russia|The Guardian]])]
  
 +===== Eighth String Quartet, Op. 110 =====
  
 +His Eighth String Quartet, Op. 110, was written in three days from start to finish.[([[https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/3734/string-quartet-no-8-in-c-minor-op-110|laphil]])]
 +
 +===== Film Composer =====
 +
 +Shostakovich is equally well-known as a cinema composer. Shostakovich composed music for 36 films in all. However, most of Shostakovich's cinema music has been lost or is only available in pieces.[([[http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Sh-Sy/Shostakovich-Dmitri.html|filmreference]])]
 +
 +===== Benjamin Britten =====
 +
 +Shostakovich befriended Benjamin Britten in the 1960s, and the two admired each other's music.[([[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/11/britten-shostokovich-festival-orchestra-jan-latham-koenig|The Guardian]])]
 +
 +===== Waltz No. 2 =====
 +
 +Waltz No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich is one of the most well-known works of classical music in the world. The music to Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut popularized the Waltz.[([[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2013/dec/27/the-10-best-waltzes|The Guardian]])]
 +
 +===== Andre Rieu =====
 +
 +The Waltz was popularized by Dutch violinist Andre Rieu (dubbed the "Waltz King"), who has created an enormous global reputation with his Johann Strauss Orchestra over the last 20 years.[([[https://bauhiniahk2014.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/music-d-shostakovichs-the-second-waltz-by-andre-rieu/|bauhiniahk]])]
 +
 +===== Testimony =====
 +
 +Tony Palmer's award-winning film The Story of Shostakovich, starring Ben Kingsley, is based on Shostakovich's memoirs and his life and career during Stalin's horrific tyranny.[([[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096250/|IMDB]])]
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