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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:// | 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:// | ||
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+ | ===== Eighth String Quartet, Op. 110 ===== | ||
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+ | His Eighth String Quartet, Op. 110, was written in three days from start to finish.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Film Composer ===== | ||
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+ | Shostakovich is equally well-known as a cinema composer. Shostakovich composed music for 36 films in all. However, most of Shostakovich' | ||
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+ | ===== Benjamin Britten ===== | ||
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+ | Shostakovich befriended Benjamin Britten in the 1960s, and the two admired each other' | ||
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+ | ===== Waltz No. 2 ===== | ||
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+ | 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' | ||
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+ | ===== Andre Rieu ===== | ||
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+ | The Waltz was popularized by Dutch violinist Andre Rieu (dubbed the "Waltz King" | ||
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+ | ===== Testimony ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Seventh Symphony Part 1 ===== | ||
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+ | During World War II, the composer began work on his Seventh Symphony in September 1941. | ||
+ | He wrote three portions of the piece in Leningrad and concluded it in Kuibyshev (now Samara) in December. The Seventh Symphony was played at the Leningrad Philharmonic in August 1942.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Seventh Symphony Part 2 ===== | ||
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+ | Despite the hardships of city life, the famished musicians summoned the courage to rehearse and then perform in front of an audience. The arena was completely full. And, despite the fact that the city was constantly attacked, the lights in the skyscraper remained on. The symphony was heard by the whole city of Leningrad, as well as the entire world: the score was distributed on microfilm to Britain and the United States.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Other Compositions ===== | ||
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+ | Shostakovich wrote the operetta Moscow, Cheryomushki, | ||
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+ | ===== The Motherland Hears – The Motherland Knows ===== | ||
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+ | To Shostakovich' | ||