To demonstrate what Bruce had in mind with this week's Puzzler, we hear three short dances by Shostakovich — the Three Fantastic Dances, from a recording made by Shostakovich himself at the piano.
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich[a][b] (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. Shostakovich achieved early fame in the Soviet Union, but had a complex relationship with its government. His 1934 opera Lady Macbeth ...
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–75) was a Russian composer, renowned particularly for his 15 symphonies, numerous chamber works, and concerti, many of them written under the pressures of government-imposed standards of Soviet art. Whether he was compliant or a closet dissident has been the subject of contention.
A towering figure in the story of 20th-century classical music, Dmitri Shostakovich was, along with his near-contemporary Sergei Prokofiev, one of the most significant Russian composers of the Soviet era. Shostakovich's musical legacy is huge and endlessly varied - however, it's possible to spot ...
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was a Russian composer of operas, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and 15 symphonies. Shostakovich was frequently denounced by the repressive Soviet state, but in...
From Soviet darling to persona non grata, composing was life-or-death for Shostakovich. Here’s a quick guide to the need-to-knows of his 15 symphonies.
Dmitri Shostakovich was the Soviet Union’s leading composer and remains the most frequently performed symphonist of the mid-20th century, with his chamber works and concertos also firmly established in the standard repertoire. In his late 20s, political intervention cut short his potentially outstanding operatic output, and it continued to blight his career, belying the outward signs of ...