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Leningrad: Siege and Symphony
Brian Moynahan
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Description for Leningrad: Siege and Symphony
Paperback. Leningrad: Siege and Symphony sets the composition of Shostakovich's most famous work against the tragic canvas of the siege itself and the years of repression and terror that preceded it. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; AVGC6; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396.
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, many feared they'd be too weak to play the score right through. In these, ... Read more
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, many feared they'd be too weak to play the score right through. In these, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857383020
SKU
V9780857383020
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About Brian Moynahan
Brian Moynahan's last biography was the bestselling Jungle Soldier. His other books include the award-winning Russian Century, Comrades, The British Century, Forgotten Soldiers and the much-praised William Tyndale: If God Spare My Life. As a foreign correspondent, he covered jungle fighting in the Far and Middle East and Africa, and was latterly the European Editor of the Sunday Times.
Reviews for Leningrad: Siege and Symphony
'Tolstoyan ... Moynahan's account is by far the fullest and most compelling I've read ... it's certainly hard to read his gripping, skilfully woven account without emotion' Stephen Walsh, Spectator.
Spectator
'The extraordinary tale of the symphony and the city that inspired it, an engrossing, finely researched new book' Petroc Trelawny, Catholic Herald.
Catholic Herald
'The ... Read more
Spectator
'The extraordinary tale of the symphony and the city that inspired it, an engrossing, finely researched new book' Petroc Trelawny, Catholic Herald.
Catholic Herald
'The ... Read more