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Definition of Shostakovich
1. Noun. Russian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies (1906-1975).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shostakovich
Literary usage of Shostakovich
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Breaking with Communism: The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D. Wolfe by Bertram David Wolfe, Robert Hessen (1990)
"Its chief victims were Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Aram Khachaturian,
each of them a ... The case of Shostakovich was more disturbing. ..."
2. The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin (1997)
"He created his harmonic idiom by modifying the harmonic system of classical
Russian music. See also Gunter Wolter. Dimitri Shostakovich: eine ..."
3. Riga & Its Beachesby Farrol Kahn by Farrol Kahn (2000)
"That's typical of Shostakovich'. in the richness and depth of the melody.
There are certain gestures which you would find in Shostakovich for example. ..."
4. Riga & Its Beachesby Farrol Kahn by Farrol Kahn (2004)
"That's typical of Shostakovich'. in the richness and depth of the melody.
There are certain gestures which you would find in Shostakovich for example. ..."
5. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"... Prokofieff, Shostakovich, Debussy, and Dohnanyi. Wilson Stone was married to
the former Jean Lampman, who also had been an assistant to HJ Muller. ..."
6. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"... and Shostakovich (b. 1906). FINANCE A new. " heavy " Rouble was introduced on
January i, 1961. Prices and wages have been changed accordingly at the ..."