Leningrad : siege and symphony /

Leningrad : siege and symphony /

Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands had died of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moynahan, Brian, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, > 1906-1975. > Symphonies, > no. 7, op. 60, > C major.
Symphonies > Soviet Union > History.
Music and war > Soviet Union > History.
Music and state > Soviet Union.
Music > Political aspects > Soviet Union.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Social conditions > 20th century.

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