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RE: Music history / Dmitri Shostakovich : Symphony of resistance /
Interesting story. I can only imagine the fear of attending your friend's funeral while everybody else runs to pay respects to Stalin.
Interesting story. I can only imagine the fear of attending your friend's funeral while everybody else runs to pay respects to Stalin.
@heymattsokol, Barnes wrote a great book about Shostakovich, if you're interested in his story:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Noise-Time-Julian-Barnes/dp/1910702609
(a great trivia Shostakovich worked briefly as a football judge :D )