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About the book
Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands had died of their wounds, the cold, and most of all, starvation. The assembled musicians - scrounged from frontline units and military bands, for only twenty of the orchestra's 100 players had survived - were so hungry, ...Show more
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ISBN
9780857383020
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Published year
2014
Language
Edition
1
Original title
Leningrad
Format
Paperback
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