"An account of the Siege of Leningrad reveals the role played by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony in rallying and commemorating their fellow citizens"--OCLC.
"An account of the Siege of Leningrad reveals the role played by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony in rallying and commemorating their fellow citizens"--OCLC.
the extraordinary relationship between the great composer and the brutal dictator
Volkov, Solomon
2004
Chronicles the friendship between Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and Josef Stalin, discussing how Stalin used their friendship to exploit Shostakovich's work and mental instabilities and how Shostakovich's compositions were impacted by Stalin's totalitarian rule.
Tells the stories of the lives of six great composers, including Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Shostakovich, and Dvorak, and features excerpts from their music.
