Dmitri Shostakovich | search
Click here to view Dmitri Shostakovich news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- List of compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich - Wikipedia57. Piano Quintet in G minor. Two violins, viola, cello, and piano. 1940. 59. Music to the film The Adventures of Korzinkina. SATB chorus, piano duet, and orchestra. 1940. Precise number and order of cues for the film is unknown, but the manuscripts of at least 10 are held by the Shostakovich family.
- Dmitri Shostakovich - WikipediaDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich [n 1] (25 September [ O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist [1] 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 ...
- Dmitri Shostakovich: A Life - Classic FMShostakovich’s chameleon-like creative personality makes him impossible to tie down. Take his knockabout Piano Concerto No.1, which throws virtually everything into the stylistic melting pot – vaudeville, jazz, music hall, honky-tonk, passing references to Beethoven, Haydn and Mahler, and a side-splitting finale reminiscent of Milhaud slapstick thrown in for good measure.
- Shostakovich: The composer who was almost purged - BBCForty years after the death of Dmitri Shostakovich, Clemency Burton-Hill looks back at his difficult career in the USSR – and some surprising facts you might not know.
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) | Composer | Biography, music and factsDmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) was a Russian composer and pianist and was one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. Life and Music Despite Shostakovich's exceptional talent, it was not until he was nine that he received his first formal piano lessons from his mother, a professional pianist.
More
