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Course Description

A remarkable prodigy who astonished the musical world with his First Symphony at age 19, Dmitri Shostakovich lived and composed in the Soviet Union under Stalin—a time of political tumult and danger. He developed a paradoxical style characterized by searing emotional intensity combined with overt and covert political content. Today, critics and audiences increasingly recognize Shostakovich as the greatest existential composer of the twentieth century. This class will place his music in context through analysis and listening and survey relevant personal, literary, and journalistic sources.

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