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Symphony for the city of the dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the siege of Leningrad /

In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history -- almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943-1944. More than a million citizens perished. S...

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Main Author: Anderson, M. T., (Author)
Other Authors: Minot, Karen, (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2017.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Subjects:
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, > 1906-1975.
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, > 1906-1975. > Symphonies, > no. 7, op. 60, > C major.
Composers > Russia > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Russia.
World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war.
Music > Psychological aspects.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944.
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Call Number: ML3930 .S49 A53 2017
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