Published On Jun 17, 2019
In this video, we look at the composition techniques used by Shostakovich to create music (Symphony no 5, Symphony no 7, String Quartet no 8, etc.) under the scrutiny of [BAD MANl] during the period of Socialist Realism and 'The Terror'. How could he express his sadness and outrage as a composer in the Soviet Union, without losing his life for doing so?
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BOOKS
Elizabeth Kuhn, Shostakovich in Dialogue
Laurel E. Fay, Shostakovich - A Life (quote from Flora Litvinova - p.128)
Solomon Volkov - Testimony
Malcolm Hamrick Browse - A Shostakovich Casebook (created in response to ‘Testimony’)
ARTICLES
Interesting article about the authenticity of ‘Testimony’
https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts...
Nice short description of Shostakovich’s 9th quartet (my personal favourite) and includes a description of his fascination with Rossini’s William Tell
http://www.quartets.de/compositions/s...
Shostakovich, the Musical Artist, Sung in Space
http://theappendix.net/issues/2014/7/...
Article about the 7th Symphony
http://allingray.com/dissertation/the...
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Shostakovich and Klezmer Music
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About Klezmer & Shostakovich
http://jewishmusicanalysis.blogspot.c...
The Double Meaning of Jewish Elements in Dimitri Shostakovich's Music
By Joachim Braun
https://www.jstor.org/stable/948173?s...
Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony: An Analytical Exploration and Keys to Interpretation
By Phillip Lenberg
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/62891...
Other
New York Times Obituary
https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/11/ar...
CLIPS USED
Golden Age - Bolshoi Theatre
http://bit.ly/GoldenAgeBolshoi
PERFORMERS
https://www.greenwichtrio.com
https://www.nicolabenedetti.co.uk