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Leningrad: Siege and Symphony: The story of the great city terrorized by Stalin, Starved by Hitler, Immortalized by Shostakovich
Leningrad Siege and Symphony The story of the great city terrorized by Stalin Starved by Hitler Immortalized by Shostakovich
Author: Brian Moynahan
Shostakovich?s Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands had died of their wounds, the cold, and most of all, starvation. Th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802123169
ISBN-10: 0802123163
Publication Date: 10/14/2014
Pages: 496
Edition: First Edition
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Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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