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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the 1942 performance of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony during the siege of Leningrad, placing it in the context of the city's intellectual and social life and its sufferings from Stalinist terror as much as from the Nazi invasion.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
An account of the Siege of Leningrad reveals the role played by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony in rallying and commemorating their fellow citizens.
Author
Publisher
Orange Mountain Music
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
None
Description
Violinist Robert McDuffie and R.E.M.'s Mike Mills' longtime friendship serves as the starting point for three works that also include pieces by Philip Glass and John Adams. Mills's own concerto features the sweeping melodies that were a hallmark of his work with R.E.M.
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