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De Lady Macbeth uit het district Mtsensk : fragmenten bewerkt voor ensemble / Dmitri Shostakovich/Kees Olthuis

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl ob cl fg hn pno

Five Preludes from 24 Preludes for piano op 34 : Arrangement for violin and orchestra / Dmitri Shostakovich; arranged by Alexey Retinsky

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: vn-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt timp perc str

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Five Preludes from 24 Preludes for piano op 34 : Arrangement for violin and orchestra / Dmitri Shostakovich; arranged by Alexey Retinsky

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: vn-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt timp perc str

 

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Shostakovich, Dmitri

Date of birth: 1906
Date of death: 1975

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer and pianist. He is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century, with a unique harmonic language and a historic importance due to his years of work under Stalin.
Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Soviet chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the government. Nevertheless, he received accolades and state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1947) and the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (from 1962 until his death).
A polystylist, Shostakovich developed a hybrid voice, combining a variety of different musical techniques into his works. His music is characterized by sharp contrasts, elements of the grotesque, and ambivalent tonality; he was also heavily influenced by the neoclassical style pioneered by Igor Stravinsky, and (especially in his symphonies) by the late Romanticism of Gustav Mahler.
Shostakovich's orchestral works include 15 symphonies and six concerti. His chamber output includes 15 string quartets, a piano quintet, two piano trios, and two pieces for string octet. His solo piano works include two sonatas, an early set of preludes, and a later set of 24 preludes and fugues. Other works include three operas, several song cycles, ballets, and a substantial quantity of film music; especially well known is The Second Waltz, Op. 99, music to the film The First Echelon (1955–1956), as well as the suites of music composed for The Gadfly.
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