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/jewisharts...

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...



Shostakovich and Klezmer Music



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