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Dimitri Shostakovich25 sep 1906 (St. Petersburg) - 9 aug 1975 (Moscow) |
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- Onno van Rijen's Shostakovich Page - Onno van Rijen's site covering Shostakovich and other Soviet composers, with a complete opus list.
- Artissimo - Biography concertrating on style and musical influence.
- Classical Music Archives: Shostakovich - Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Complete files offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists.
- Classical Music Midi Page: Dimitry (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich - Biography, photograph, links, and audio files from Classical Music MIDI Page.
- Classical Net: Shostakovich - Recommended biographies and scores, CD reviews, list of works and links from Classical Net.
- CollegeTermPapers: Music - Shostakovich - An essay on his life and works of approximately 1500 words.
- Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich - Lists: links, opus numbers, bibliography, first performances.
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Classical Music Pages biographical essay from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music with photograph, examination of style, and links.
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Listing at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with lyrics to individual vocal works and cycles. Includes Cyrillic and transliterated Russian plus selected translations.
- Dmitri Shostakovich: The Composer And His Work - Focus on Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony, with extracts in RealAudio and an imagined "screenplay" to be read while listening to the music. Also provides background on the composition, life chronology, photograph and links.
- Dmitry Shostakovich: A Testament To His Times - Brief biography, selected works, quotes, recommended recordings and readings, photograph, chronology, related articles, and links from Humanities Web.
- DSCH Journal - Selected articles from the international Shostakovich journal, reviews of CDs, books and films, concert calendar, events and links.
- DSCH-L Discussion List - Electronic mailing list for discussion of Shostakovich and other Russian composers. Access to archives since 1997.
- Find A Grave Cemetery Records: Dimitri Shostakovich - Find A Grave listing with biographical material, youthful photograph, and pictures of his grave with virtual memorial and related cemetery information.
- G. Schirmer, Inc.: Dmitri Shostakovich - List of scores available from this music publisher.
- Internet Movie Database: Dmitri Shostakovich - Filmography noting films he scored or which used his works plus biographical material and award nominations.
- Jon Luebke's Shostakovich Page - Discography, bibliography and retouched image of Shostakovich from the cover of Time magazine.
- Karadar Classical Music Composer Biography: Dmitry Shostakovich - Dictionary entry with life, works, catalogue, photos and MIDI audio files of 24 Preludes and Fugues.
- London Shostakovich Orchestra - Details of performances, recordings and other events regarding this symphonic ensemble, currently embarked on a complete cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies. Includes programme notes and Shostakovich-related articles.
- mfiles - Dmitri Shostakovich - Biography, list of major works and two photographs.
- Naxos Composers - Biographies: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) - Biographical sketch, caricature, and summaries of his stage works and his orchestral, choral and vocal, chamber, and piano music with recommended Naxos recordings.
- On Classical: Dmitri Shostakovich - MIDI files of 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87 and transcriptions of this and other contrapuntal works, plus portrait.
- Paul James' Modern Music Review: Shostakovich - Brief account of the composer's works.
- Russian Revelations - Fan page with brief illustrated introduction, photographs from the 1999 Chicago Shostakovich festival and pictures of the composer.
- Shostakovich Message Board - Discussion forum with activity between 1997 and 2003. Also provides a short list of recordings recommended by owner Philipp Rüfenacht.
- Shostakovich Museum - General introduction to the composer and a discussion of the Testimony issue. Also provides a short list of links to other websites and recommended books and CDs.
- Shostakovich Myths Debunked - Controversial site that attacks the authenticity of Testimony and the revisionist interpretation of the composer's life and work.
- Shostakovich, Dmitry Dmitriyevich - Biography noting studies and influences, political struggles, and evolution of style under Soviet Communism with works list from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- Shostakovichiana - On the "Music under Soviet rule" website created by the late Ian MacDonald. Articles, interviews, CD and book reviews, and links, with a strong focus on the Testimony debate.
- Shostakovichworld - Yahoo! Groups discussion board. Access to archives since 1998.
- Speaking of Shostakovich - Archive of media articles, with an emphasis on the revisionist/anti-revisionist debate.
- The Guardian: A Raspberry To Stalin - Article focusing on an English-language version of Cheryomushki by Opera North.
- The Shostakovich Opus 87 Page - The complete twenty-four Preludes and Fugues in MIDI format.
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