TRHS History Book Club and TRSD Musicians honor Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich (01 24 2018) from russian louise Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 16 min 85 sec ✓ Published: 26-Jan-2018
Description: STRING QUARTET NO. 8 IN C MINOR, OP. 110.nnThe year 1960 was a year of deep personal crisis for Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich after joining the Communist Party, a decision which deeply haunted him. That same year he traveled to Dresden (East Germany) to write a score for a film about the city’s devastating firebombing in World War II. Amongst the ruins of the once beautiful city Shostakovich wrote the quartet in three days and dedicated String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, OP. 110 “in
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