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I write music, it's performed. It can be heard, and whoever wants to hear it will. After all, my music says it all. It doesn't need historical and hy… - Dmitri Shostakovich
" "I write music, it's performed. It can be heard, and whoever wants to hear it will. After all, my music says it all. It doesn't need historical and hysterical commentaries. In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music.
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About Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist. Many of his works mark the epochs of Soviet history, or explore his own position as an artist in a communist state. Since his death there has been much controversy as to his private political views.
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Native Name:
Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович
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Shostakovich
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Shosty
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Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich
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Dmitrij Šostakovič
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Dmitri Dmitrievitch Chostakovitch
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Dimitri Shostakovich
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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
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Dmitriii Dmitrievich Shostakovich
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You ask if I would have been different without "Party guidance"? Yes, almost certainly. No doubt the line I was pursuing when I wrote the Fourth Symphony would have been stronger and sharper in my work. I would have displayed more brilliance, used more sarcasm, I could have revealed my ideas openly instead of having to resort to camouflage.
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