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Each song is dedicated respectively to Levon Atovmyan , Nina Shostakovich, Isaak Glikman, Georgy Sviridov, Ivan Sollertinsky, and Vissarion Shebalin. [105] The title in the manuscript score and first edition is Six Romances for Bass , while later sources erroneously use Six Romances on Verses by English Poets . [ 106 ]
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich [a] [b] (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist [1] who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.
Ballets to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich (3 P) C. Chamber music by Dmitri Shostakovich (1 C, 6 P) Concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich (6 P) F.
The Song of the Forests (Песнь о лесах), Op. 81, is an oratorio by Dmitri Shostakovich composed in the summer of 1949. It was written to celebrate the forestation of the Russian steppes (Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature) following the end of World War II.
From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79, is a song cycle for soprano, contralto, tenor and piano (or orchestra) by Dmitri Shostakovich.It uses texts taken from the collection Jewish folk songs, compiled by I. Dobrushin and A. Yuditsky, edited by Y. M. Sokolov (Goslitizdat, 1947).
Some of these songs date back to the 19th century, others to the year 1905. Shostakovich integrates them into the textures of his symphony. This use of folk and revolutionary songs was a departure from his usual style. They were also songs the composer knew well. His family knew and sang them regularly while he was growing up.
Dmitri Shostakovich in 1974, around the period he composed the Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarotti (photograph by Yuri Shcherbinin). The Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Сюита на слова Микеланджело Буонарроти, Op.145, 1974) is a cycle of song settings by Dmitri Shostakovich of eleven poems by Michelangelo Buonarroti, translated into the ...
Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (Op. 127) is a vocal-instrumental song cycle by Dmitri Shostakovich, based on verses by Alexander Blok. It was written in 1967 for Galina Vishnevskaya. The composition is written for soprano, violoncello, violin, and piano.