Liberating Music: Symphony, Quartet, and Song of Dmitri Shostakovich
Location
Beaman A&B
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
20-9-2011 1:00 PM
Description
From his teenage years, Dmitri Shostakovich was widely acknowledged to be one of the Soviet Union’s most talented composers, yet this did not stop the government from attacking him publicly, twice, for failing to compose in the accepted socialist realist style. Shostakovich would apologize, and then compose something more appropriate for “the masses.” However, Shostakovich still managed to find a way to give voice to the oppressed and to express the pent-up grief and fears of a people living in a totalitarian society. We will look at selected songs and instrumental works that deal directly with artistic and personal freedom.
Recommended Citation
Klefstad, Terry, "Liberating Music: Symphony, Quartet, and Song of Dmitri Shostakovich" (2011). Humanities Symposium. 4.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2011/2011/4
Liberating Music: Symphony, Quartet, and Song of Dmitri Shostakovich
Beaman A&B
From his teenage years, Dmitri Shostakovich was widely acknowledged to be one of the Soviet Union’s most talented composers, yet this did not stop the government from attacking him publicly, twice, for failing to compose in the accepted socialist realist style. Shostakovich would apologize, and then compose something more appropriate for “the masses.” However, Shostakovich still managed to find a way to give voice to the oppressed and to express the pent-up grief and fears of a people living in a totalitarian society. We will look at selected songs and instrumental works that deal directly with artistic and personal freedom.
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