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Shostakovich
A Life
By LAUREL E. FAY
Oxford University Press
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1906-1919
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Childhood
Though the Shostakovich family was of Polish-Lithuanian extraction, the composer's immediate forebears came from Siberia. His paternal grandfather, Boleslav Petrovich Shostakovich, had been exiled there in 1866 in the crackdown that followed Dmitriy Karakozov's assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander II. After the expiration of his term of exile Boleslav Shostakovich decided to remain in Siberia. He eventually became a successful banker in Irkutsk and raised a large family. His son, Dmitriy Boleslavovich Shostakovich, the composer's father, was born in exile in Narïm in 1875 and attended St. Petersburg University, graduating in 1899 from the faculty of physics and mathematics. After graduation, he went to work as an engineer under Dmitriy Mendeleyev at the Bureau of Weights and Measures in St. Petersburg. In 1903, he married Sofya Vasilyevna Kokoúlina, another Siberian transplant to the capital.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (born St Petersburg, September 25, 1906; died Moscow August 9, 1975) was a Russian-Sovietcomposer.
Shostakovich's life
[change | change source]Early years
[change | change source]Shostakovich's parents came from Siberia. His father was a biologist and engineer, and his mother was a pianist. They lived comfortably, although this was to change after the Revolution (1917). Shostakovich studied the piano and composition at the Petrograd Conservatory (St. Petersburg was called Petrograd between 1914 and 1924, after which it became Leningrad until 1991 when it became St. Petersburg again). After his mother died, the family were short of money, so young Dmitri had to earn money by playing the piano in cinemas for silent movies. He worked extremely hard and with a lot of concentration. He was very successful both as a pianist and a composer. His Symphony No. 1 was very popular. His music sounded very modern with lots of dissonant chords. His first dramatic works include an opera called The Nose and a ballet called The Soviet composer and pianist (1906–1975) "Shostakovich" redirects here. For other uses, see Shostakovich (disambiguation). Dmitri Shostakovich Shostakovich in 1942 Saint Petersburg, Russia Moscow, Soviet Union Nina Varzar Margarita Kainova Irina Supinskaya 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. Shostakovich achieved early fame in the Soviet Union, but had a complex relations
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Born (1906-09-25)25 September 1906 Died 9 August 1975(1975-08-09) (aged 68) Occupations Works List of compositions Spouses Children
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