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Symphony No. 2 (Shostakovich)

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press. It also sidestepped the stylistic problem of producing a sequel to the First Symphony while also opening the door to experiment with orchestral effects in an entirely new vein. Most importantly for Shostakovich, the piece took little time to compose, allowing him to return to other projects at his earliest convenience.
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the term "experiment" was not considered positive. Much later, Shostakovich admitted that out of his 15 symphonies, "two, I suppose, are completely unsatisfactory – that's the Second and Third." He also rejected his early experimental writing in general as "erroneous striving after originality" and
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instead of a propaganda piece, writing a short agitprop symphony seemed to solve all of Shostakovich's problems. Such a work was entirely appropriate for the occasion for which it was being written. It would also be impossible for Muzsektor to turn it down, and was guaranteed at least some friendly
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clarity. While much of the symphony consequently consists of sound effects rather than music, the work possesses an unquestionable vitality and incorporates the basic elements of the musical language he used in the rest of his career.
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During the 1920s in Russia, "October" referred to the spirit of the Revolution, which was a new world of freedom and fellowship reaching politically from the center to the left. The nearest political idea to this concept was the
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In the West, listeners appreciated the orchestral section but not the choral emotionalism that followed. While some Soviet critics acclaimed it at the time of the premiere, the Second Symphony did not attain lasting success.
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The choral section gave the composer particular trouble. Shostakovich told Yavorsky confidentially, "I'm composing the chorus with great difficulty. The words!!!!"
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and head of the Propaganda Department of the State Music Publishing House (Muzsektor), to write a large orchestral work with a choral finale called
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Though Shostakovich had been commissioned by Muzsektor rather than Agitotdel, and was thus expected to produce a composition of
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Symphonies have often been criticized for incongruities in their experimental orchestral sections and more conventionally
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in this work than he did on thematic material. He quickly adds sonorities and layers of sound in a manner akin to
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Gakkel, Leonid; Bezymensky, Alexander; Fogarty, Eyvor; Gunin, Anna; Ribière, Mireille; Wulfekamp, Ursula (2010).
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on 20 February 1927 that he was unsure his music could redeem the text, which he described as "repulsive".
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Meant to portray the primordial chaos from which order emerged, instrumental voices merge in this 13-voice
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Shostakovich and Stalin: The Extraordinary Relationship Between the Great Composer and the Brutal Dictator
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Part of the problem Shostakovich had in writing the symphony was that people expected a successor to his
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that states a Knowledge (XXG) editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.
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The Second Symphony was commissioned to include a poem by Alexander Bezymensky, which glorified
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when the work was published in 1927. It only became known as a "symphony" considerably later.
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A meditative episode which Shostakovich described as the "death of a child" (letter to
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Story of a Friendship: The Letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman, 1941–1975
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said of it that "one is tempted simply to cut it off with a pair of scissors".
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Shostakovich later revisited the events of the October Revolution in his
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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 – Mstislav Rostropovich
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Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitriyevich; Glikman, Isaak Davidovitch (2001).
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Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonia Named After D. D. Shostakovich
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beginning, like impulses released from the void. This was considered
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The symphony is a short (about 20 minutes) experimental work in one
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Geschiedenis van de Russiche muziek: Van Kamarinskaja tot Babi Jar
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style. This choice may have been influenced at least partially by
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This is the slogan and this is the name of living generations:
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personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 11 – Valery Gergiev
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A History of Russian Music: From Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar
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October! Happiness in the fields and at the work benches,
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they were considered experiments, and since the days of
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International Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition
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But louder than gunfire there burst into the silence
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The messenger of the awaited dawn. 900:Factory chimneys towered up towards the sky 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 16:1927 choral symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich 2495: 2475:Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti 1994: 1712: 1698: 1690: 1008: 930:Let all in the struggle be young and bold: 872:Пусть каждый в борьбе будет молод и храбр: 705:by removing unsourced speculative content. 2454:Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok 1685:International Music Score Library Project 1556:Feuchtner, Bernd; Brammall, Gery (1994). 1152: 1140: 1104: 1023: 991: 922:Struggle! You led us to the final battle. 881:Октябрь! – это труд, это радость и песня. 788:to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 721:Learn how and when to remove this message 500:Shostakovich placed far more emphasis on 341:Learn how and when to remove this message 323:Learn how and when to remove this message 270:Learn how and when to remove this message 208:Learn how and when to remove this message 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 1591:Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 11 1329:; Erica Pomerans. Berkeley, California: 1200: 1056: 937:October! The freedom of rebellious ages. 904:Terrible were the names of our shackles: 896:We marched, we asked for work and bread. 877:Октябрь! – это солнца желанного вестник. 2925: 1558:Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 1188: 968: 902:Like hands, powerless to clench a fist. 883:Октябрь! – это счастье полей и станков. 1176: 1116: 1080: 2858:Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox 1370:; Glikman, Isaak Davidovitch (1993). 879:Октябрь! – это воля восставших веков. 864:Борьба! Ты вела нас к последнему бою. 851:Но громче орудий ворвались в молчанье 525:(in the final part) and orchestra of 7: 1752:Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District 1068: 932:The name of this victory is October! 853:Слова нашей скорби, слова наших мук. 380:and the Academy Capella Choir under 146:adding citations to reliable sources 1128: 1092: 975: 885:Вот знамя, вот имя живых поколений: 855:О Ленин! Ты выковал волю страданья, 2426:The Sun Shines Over Our Motherland 844:Как руки, бессильные сжать кулаки. 838:Мы шли, мы просили работы и хлеба, 643:To October, a Symphonic Dedication 372:, for the 10th anniversary of the 157:"Symphony No. 2" Shostakovich 14: 2956:Symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich 2139:Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 1434:Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitriyevich 1368:Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitriyevich 866:Борьба! Ты дала нам победу Труда. 859:Мы поняли, Ленин, что наша судьба 629:struggle in bombastic style. The 419:. In a marked departure from his 388:later in 1927 under the baton of 34:This article has multiple issues. 2928: 2904: 2903: 2482:Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin 1361:, Uitgeverij SUN, Nijmegen, 1996 945:October, the Commune and Lenin. 928:None can ever take away from us! 868:И этой победы над гнетом и тьмою 842:Заводские трубы тянулися к небу, 840:Сердца были сжаты тисками тоски. 737: 674: 461: 378:Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 376:. It was first performed by the 286: 224: 122: 64: 23: 2767:Dmitri Shostakovich-class ferry 1655:Symphony No. 12 "The Year 1917" 906:Silence, suffering, oppression. 870:Никто не отнимет у нас никогда. 857:Ты выковал волю мозолистых рук. 639:Symphonic Dedication to October 481:Poco meno mosso. 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