Previous posts for September 25th are here: Jean-Philippe Rameau; Glenn Gould (2019), Dmitri Shostakovich (2020), Jean-Philippe Rameau (2021), Glenn Gould (2022), and Glenn Gould; Will Smith (2023)
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Dmitri Shostakovich (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a great Soviet-Russian composer and pianist.
Comradeship
In 1948 Shostakovich was violently criticised and humiliated at the Soviet Composers' Congress. As in 1938 he became persona non grata. His works were banned and he was politically and artistically isolated. -- www.boosey.com
Dmitri Shostakovich and
The Soviet authorities
Disagreed about his brand
And musical priorities.
They wanted him to be more bland,
With pleasanter sonorities
And positive appeal planned
For Marxian majorities.
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