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Originally scored for symphony orchestra, Shostakovich's Jazz Suite No. 2is notable for the addition of saxophones, accordion and guitar. The appealing second waltz is in a light classical style and is wonderfully adapted for young concert bands i

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 65. Chapters: Ballets by Dmitri Shostakovich, Ballets to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich, Operas by Dmitri Shostakovich, String quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich, Suites by Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 2, Symphony No. 7, List of compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 13, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 11, Symphony No. 14, Symphony No. 15, 24 Preludes and Fugues, Symphony No. 12, Moscow, Cheryomushki, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Song of the Forests, Symphony No. 9, Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 10, The Nose, Cello Concerto No. 2, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Violin Sonata, Suite for Variety Orchestra, Symphony No. 6, String Quartet No. 8, String Quartet No. 1, Cello Sonata, Violin Concerto No. 1, Suite on Finnish Themes, Concerto DSCH, Mercurial Manoeuvres, The Bright Stream, String Quartet No. 3, Piano Concerto No. 1, The Bolt, Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, String Quartet No. 9, String Quartet No. 15, Violin Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 3, Festive Overture, From Jewish Folk Poetry, String Quartet No. 12, String Quartet No. 13, Anti-Formalist Rayok, Piano Trio No. 1, String Quartet No. 2, Piano Quintet, String Quartet No. 5, Seven Songs on Poems by Alexander Blok, String Quartet No. 6, Tahiti Trot, String Quartet No. 14, String Quartet No. 11, String Quartet No. 4, Novorossiysk Chimes, String Quartet No. 7, Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1, Piano Trio No. 2, String Quartet No. 10, Piano Sonata No. 2, The Gadfly Suite, Children's Notebook, Suite from ''The Age of Gold''. Excerpt: Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 dedicated to the city of Leningrad was completed on 27 December 1941. In its time, the symphony was extremely popular in both Russia and the West as a symbol of resistance and...

"Shostakovich's life is a fascinating example of the paradoxes of living as an artist under totalitarian rule. Alone among his artistic peers, he survived successive Stalinist cultural purges and won the Stalin Prize five times, yet in 1948 he was dismissed from his conservatory teaching positions, and many of his works were banned from performance. He prudently censored himself, in one case putting aside a work based on Jewish folk poems. Under later regimes he balanced a career as a model Soviet - holding government positions and acting as an international ambassador - with his unflagging artistic ambitions."--Jacket.

"This new edition, produced to coincide with the centenary of Shostakovich's birth, draws on many new writings on the composer. In doing so, it provides both a more detailed and focused image of Shostakovich's life, and a wider view of his cultural background."--P. [4] of cover.