Dmitri Shostakovich
Soviet-era composer and pianist, known for his complex relationship with the Soviet government and his 15 symphonies.
The composition that served as his graduation piece and marked his major career advance was the First Symphony, completed when he was nineteen years old.[1]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 25 September 1906
- Birthplace
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Place of death
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Died
- 9 August 1975
- Occupation
- Composer
- pianist
- teacher
- Children
- Galina, Maxim
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Shostakovich's paternal grandfather was a Polish revolutionary exiled to Narym in 1866 after the January Uprising.[2] His response was the Fifth Symphony of 1937, premiered on 21 November in Leningrad to a phenomenal success.[3] In 1948, he was again denounced for formalism in the Zhdanov decree.[4] The composer's father, Dmitri Boleslavovich Shostakovich, completed studies in physics and mathematics at Saint Petersburg State University in 1899, after which he became an engineer working for Dmitri Mendeleev at the Bureau of Weights and Measures.[5]
At age nine, Shostakovich started piano instruction from his mother and soon showed musical aptitude.[5] Alexander Glazunov, who was the director of the Petrograd Conservatory, admitted the thirteen-year-old Shostakovich to that institution in 1919.[6] The first International Chopin Piano Competition, held in Warsaw in 1927, included Shostakovich as one of several Soviet participants.[7]
What the cited sources add
A 2013 book titled "Shostakovich v Leningradskoĭ konservatorii" was published by Kompozitor.[8] A 2006 book titled "Pisʹma I.I. Sollertinskomu" was published by Izd-vo "Kompozitor -- SanktPeterburg".[9] A 2005 book titled "Dmitri Shostakovich" was published by I.B. Tauris.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Dmitri Shostakovich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fay 2000, p. 7 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dmitri Shostakovich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fay 2000, p. 7; . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dmitri Shostakovich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Volkov 2004, p. 150 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dmitri Shostakovich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wilson 1994, p. 183 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dmitri Shostakovich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fay 2000, p. 7; Fay 2000, p. 7 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dmitri Shostakovich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fay 2000, p. 7; Fay 2000, p. 7; Fay 2000, p. 7; Fairclough Fanning 2008, p. 73; Fay 2000, p. 7 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dmitri Shostakovich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moshevich 2004, p. 14; Moshevich 2004, p. 14 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9785737907228 ("Shostakovich v Leningradskoĭ konservatorii"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 5737903044 ("Pisʹma I.I. Sollertinskomu"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9781850434849 ("Dmitri Shostakovich"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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