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Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович
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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich aka Dmitri Shostakovich (Russian: Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич, Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič) (September 25 1906, (St Petersburg, Russia) – August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. After a period influenced by Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky (Symphony No. 1), Shostakovich switched to modernism (Symphony No. 2 and The Nose) before developing a hybrid of styles with the opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" and the ill-fated Fourth Symphony. This hybrid style ranged from the neo-classical (with Stravinski… read more
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich aka Dmitri Shostakovich (Russian: Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич, Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič) (September 25 1906, (St Petersburg, Russia) – August 9, … read more
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich aka Dmitri Shostakovich (Russian: Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич, Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič) (September 25 1906, (St Petersburg, Russia) – August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet per… read more