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The Flight of the Seventh: The Voyage of Dmitri Shostakovich's "Leningrad" Symphony to the West

The Flight of the Seventh: The Voyage of Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony to the West1 M. T. Anderson “Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony is a prisoner of its own history and the resultant clichés,” said a recent recording review, citing the “triumph of propaganda, competition, intrigue, and daredevil plots. Laden with extramusical meaning, this enjoyably crude humdinger of a symphony made Shostakovich an instant international cultural icon all over the world.”2 At this point, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony, Op. 60, is indeed heavily freighted with extrinsic meaning and myth. There is no stage of its composition or initial diffusion that lacks a dramatic story-line: the writing of the first three movements in besieged Leningrad in the lulls between air-raids; the composer’s stints watching for incendiary bombs on the roof of the Leningrad Conservatory; his chaotic refugee journey first to Moscow, then, as that city seemed threatened by German encroachment,

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Dmitri Shostakovich is a pianist, composer, teacher and public figure. This is one of the most popular composers of the last century. He managed to compose many brilliant pieces of music.

The creative and life path of Shostakovich was filled with tragic events. But it was thanks to trials that Dmitry Dmitrievich created, forcing other people to live and not give up.

Dmitri Shostakovich: Childhood and Youth

Maestro was born in September 1906. In addition to little Dima, the parents raised two more daughters. The Shostakovich family was very fond of music. At home, parents and children arranged impromptu concerts.

The family lived well, and even prosperously. Dmitry attended a private gymnasium, as well as a popular music school named after I. A. Glyasser. The musician taught Shostakovich musical notation. But he did not teach composition, so Dima studied all the nuances of composing a melody on his own.

Shostakovich in his memoirs recalled Glasser as an evil, boring and narcissistic person. Despite his teaching experience, he did not know how to conduct music lessons at al

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