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Course Description

Increasingly, critics and audiences recognize Shostakovich as the greatest existential composer of the Twentieth Century. A remarkable prodigy who astonished the musical world with his First Symphony, he lived during dangerous political times in the Stalin era. He developed a paradoxical style characterized by searing emotional intensity coexisting with both overt and covert political content. This class will place the music in context, with analysis and listening, and survey relevant personal, literary, and journalistic sources.

Prerequisites

None.
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