Leningrad : siege and symphony /

Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands had died of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moynahan, Brian, 1941-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, > 1906-1975. > Symphonies, > no. 7, op. 60, > C major. Symphonies > Soviet Union > History. Music and war > Soviet Union > History. Music and state > Soviet Union. Music > Political aspects > Soviet Union. Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944. Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Social conditions > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Ouvertyura = Overture
Repressii = Terror
Voyna = War
Do serediny sentyabr' = To mid-September 1941
Do serediny oktyabr' = To mid-October 1941
Oktyabr' = October 1941
Noyabr' = November 1941
Dekabr' = December 1941
Noviy god = New Year
Yanvar' = January 1942
Fevral' = February 1942
Mart = March 1942
Aprel'-Maj = April-May 1942
Iyun' = June 1942
Iyul' = July 1942
Simfonya Nr. 7 = Symphony no. 7
Do svidaniya = Farewell.