Bibliograph

Symphony for the city of the dead, Dmitri Shostakovich and the siege of Leningrad, M.T. Anderson

Type

Label

Symphony for the city of the dead, Dmitri Shostakovich and the siege of Leningrad, M.T. Anderson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-442) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsportraitsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Symphony for the city of the dead

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

900179946

Responsibility statement

M.T. Anderson

Sub title

Dmitri Shostakovich and the siege of Leningrad

Summary

An account of the Siege of Leningrad reveals the role played by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony in rallying and commemorating their fellow citizens

Table Of Contents

Part One. The death of yesterday ; The birth of tomorrow ; Life is getting merrier -- Part Two. Friendship ; Barbarossa ; The approach ; The first movement ; The second movement ; The third movement ; Fables, stories ; Flight ; Railway car no. 7 ; Kuibyshev and Leningrad ; An optimistic Shostakovich ; The city of the dead ; My music is my weapon ; The road of life ; Symphony for the city of the dead -- Part Three. Cold war and thaw

Target audience

juvenile

Classification