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