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Author:

Anderson, M. T., author.

Title:

Symphony for the city of the dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the siege of Leningrad / M.T. Anderson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

456 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich,--1906-1975--Juvenile literature.
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich,--1906-1975.
Composers--Russia--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Russia--Juvenile literature.
Composers.
World War, 1939-1945--Russia.
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--Siege, 1941-1944--Juvenile literature.
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--Siege, 1941-1944.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-442) and index.

Contents:

Part One. The death of yesterday ; The birth of tomorrow ; Life is getting merrier -- Part Two. Friendship ; Barbarossa ; The approach ; The first movement ; The second movement ; The third movement ; Fables, stories ; Flight ; Railway car no. 7 ; Kuibyshev and Leningrad ; An optimistic Shostakovich ; The city of the dead ; My music is my weapon ; The road of life ; Symphony for the city of the dead -- Part Three. Cold war and thaw.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0763668184
9780763668181 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)900179946

LCCN:

2015936915

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