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Shostakovitch is an outlier. His 9th symphony departs from the established precedent of composing seriously for this otherwise iconic number. It's a comical sat
by coolandsmartrr 5y ago
Shostakovitch is an outlier. His 9th symphony departs from the established precedent of composing seriously for this otherwise iconic number. It's a comical satire on the Soviet state then, an embarrassment to Stalin who commissioned the piece in commemoration of victory in WW2.
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